Travel pandemonium as three major airports ground ALL flights

By CHRIS MELORE, ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR FOR DAILYMAIL.COM

Published: 21:14 BST, 30 June 2025 | Updated: 21:38 BST, 30 June 2025

Flights from New York to Washington DC have all been stopped Monday, causing an air travel nightmare along the East Coast.

The Federal Aviation Administration has announced a ground stop at John F Kennedy International Airport due to severe thunderstorms in the area.

The ground stop also impacts Philadelphia International Airport and Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

All three ground stops are currently scheduled to last into the early evening, with the stop at JFK shutting down flights until 4:45pm ET.

Flights in Washington are grounded until 5pm and the flights in Philadelphia are stuck until at least 5:30pm. 

JFK is the New York area’s busiest airport, with roughly 60 million travelers using the airport each year.

The latest update from the FAA said that departure delays in New York were now at 60 minutes and increasing as the storm moves in.

In Philadelphia, the news was even worse, with delays already reaching two hours and 15 minutes.

The Federal Aviation Administration has announced a ground stop at John F Kennedy International Airport (pictured) due to severe thunderstorms in the area

A ground delay has also been issued for New York’s LaGuardia Airport due to the impending weather along the Easy Coast.

That weather alert is in effect until 11:59pm ET on Monday and has led to average delays of 157 minutes – a staggering two hours and 37 minutes.

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Travel pandemonium as three major airports ground ALL flights

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