Winter storm brings travel chaos to Northeast with flights halted at airports

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Winter weather blasting the Northeast on Sunday saw ground stops put in place at New York’s main airports and Philadelphia International Airport.

The ground stop meant that departing flights were temporarily paused at their terminal gates, causing lengthy delays for incoming and departing flights.

The stops began at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and LaGuardia Airport around 8 a.m. ET and were expected to be lifted around 10.30 a.m. ET., according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

More than 1,000 flights coming into JFK weren delayed, stated the FAA.

“Due to snow or ice, this is causing some arriving flights [into JFK] to be delayed an average of three hours and 16 minutes, not exceeding four hours and 53 minutes,” the FAA said.

As of 9 a.m. ET Sunday, New York City saw around 1.1 inches of snow, with LaGuardia reporting 2.6 inches, according to The Weather Channel.

A municipal employee removes snow in a street as the snow falls in the Brooklyn borough of New York City (AFP via Getty Images)

More than 700 flights were delayed at Philadelphia International Airport, according to FOX5.

Newark Liberty International Airport saw ground delays as well, with an average delay for flights into the airport of 170 minutes and maximum delays of 267 minutes.