Flight delays at New York's three major airports cause a ripple effect that snarls air traffic nationwide, and the U.S. Office of the Inspector General wants the FAA to please consider possibly doing something about it. A new report [pdf] stops short of demanding that the FAA reduce the number of flights scheduled at the airports, but calls upon the FAA to "reexamine" the scheduling rules, or else... there might be another report in a couple of years! Right now one-quarter of all flights in and out of New York and Newark end up delayed or canceled. more ›

The FAA says a "communication failure" is why flights on the East Coast are being delayed. WABC 7 says the delays are "at airports east of the Mississippi River." The problem is at a "National Airspace Data Interchange Network facility south of Atlanta," so the processing for all flights is at a facility in Salt Lake City. But don't worry--the FAA hasn't lost contact with planes and can still speak to pilots. So far, delays at LaGuardia are over an hour, 41 minutes at JFk and 15 minutes at Newark. more ›

When it comes to driving routes for a JFK airport pickup, George Costanza advocates taking the Grand Central to the Van Wyck, deriding Kramer’s L.I.E. route as a “suicide mission.” In the current New York Magazine cover story, “How to Escape Airport Hell”, the editors invited chauffeur Kevin Sullivan to weigh in. While he comes down squarely on Costanza’s side, he also shares some invaluable alternative routes to all three airports in the unlikely... more ›