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A Delta Airbus A320 airplane takes disconnected from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport successful Arlington, Virginia, arsenic fume from wildfires successful Canada blankets the area.
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Smoke from Canada wildfires disrupted flights successful the Eastern U.S. again Thursday aft hundreds were delayed a time earlier owed to decreased visibility, the Federal Aviation Administration said.
"The FAA volition apt request to instrumentality steps to negociate the travel of postulation safely into New York City, [Washington] DC, Philadelphia and Charlotte [North Carolina] owed to reduced visibility from wildfire smoke," the bureau said.
The FAA concisely halted inbound postulation to Philadelphia International Airport earlier Thursday.
Hundreds of flights to and from LaGuardia Airport successful New York and adjacent Newark Liberty International Airport were delayed Wednesday owed to the dense smoke. The FAA had concisely paused postulation altogether into LaGuardia during the day.
On Thursday afternoon, astir 2,000 flights to, from and wrong the the U.S. were delayed, according to flight tracker FlightAware.
More than 230 LaGuardia-bound flights were delayed arsenic of 2 p.m. ET Thursday, representing astir 40% of those scheduled, portion different 118 departures were delayed, FlightAware's tally showed.
More than 60 Newark departures, oregon 10% of the outbound schedule, and 86 flights headed for the New Jersey airdrome were delayed.
American Airlines and United Airlines said they were waiving alteration fees and fare differences for travelers affected by the aerial prime issues successful the portion if they tin alert earlier adjacent Wednesday.
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