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With so much technology available why are we still getting airport delays?
Lets examine typical reasons that cause flights to arrive late.
This is probably the most obvious, and most common cause for delayed flight departures into JFK airport. There are three areas where weather affects flight schedules: at the origin airport, in-flight, and at the destination airport in this case, JFK airport. Whether at the origin airport or at JFK, weather can affect the scheduled flight departure in many ways, such as a passing thunderstorm or snow squall, or the need to de-ice the aircraft. These normally temporary issues have lingering affects on New York JFK's flight departure times. When aircraft cannot depart on-time, later scheduled flights have to wait due to the backlog, as the spacing interval between takeoffs is fixed. The net affect is that all of the flights scheduled to arrive from the airport with the weather problems will arrive to JFK late. See current delays at JFK Airport
Many factors can cause air traffic, and all impact scheduled flight departures at JFK airport. Weather delays cause disruptions in normal air traffic patterns. Flights normally scheduled to arrive at JFK on time might have to 'circle' around greater New York JFK Airport as congestion requires air traffic controllers to hold some flights in a prescribed pattern before they are cleared for landing. So if you check on the flight status of a particular flight within 30 minutes of the scheduled departure time, you may find a discrepancy, as aircraft placed in holding patterns around New York JFK airport may be reported as having arrived, even though the flight is still in the air. Check with your airline to determine if your flight is affected.
A go-around occurs when an aircraft is just about to land at New York JFK airport and the pilot decides it is not safe to land. So you will see the plane suddenly increasing altitude, as if it were taking off again. Of course this affects the JFK departure time for that flight, as it could take up to 30 minutes for the aircraft to return and land again. See current delays at JFK Airport
The bane of travelers and airlines alike, mechanical problems affect departure schedules too. On-ground mechanical problems is by far the greatest majority of incidents that cause delays. If a scheduled flight has a mechanical problem while at the origin airport, the airlines and FAA will update the flight status so travelers know when a particular flight should land at New York JFK airport. . However, if the flight experiences a significant mechanical problem while in the air, the flight might be re-routed to another airport. The FAA might not send updates fast enough to inform travelers and service providers (such as this site) of the change, and consequently the flight departure status could indicate all is well while the flight actually landed in another airport. See current delays at JFK Airport
Sometimes a flight is intentionally delayed. The reasons could be weather-related; at the predicted departure time in New York JFK airport , there may be bad weather forecasted. Or perhaps an incoming flight had many passengers on it who needed to connect with that flight - in some cases where the delay will not be too much, the airline may decide to delay the departure time to wait for connecting passengers. Sometimes crew members scheduled to fly on that flight might be delayed arriving to the airport, and hence the flight cannot leave without them. These issues can all contribute to your flight into JFK arriving late. See current delays at JFK Airport
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Posted by New York's Own
