Canada wildfire smoke again slows flights to the Northeast U.S.

Smoke from Canada wildfires is acceptable to disrupt flights again Thursday aft hundreds were delayed a time earlier owed to decreased visibility, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

The FAA said it volition "likely request to instrumentality steps to negociate the travel of postulation safely into New York City, DC, Philadelphia and Charlotte owed to reduced visibility from wildfire smoke." Traffic to Philadelphia International Airport was paused until 9:15 a.m., the FAA said.

Hundreds of flights astatine LaGuardia Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport were delayed connected Wednesday owed to the dense smoke. The FAA had concisely paused postulation altogether into LaGuardia during the day.

As of astir 9 a.m. ET connected Thursday, determination were astir 800 flights delayed crossed the U.S., according to flight-tracker FlightAware.

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