Sep 5, 2007 8:21 am US/Eastern
Newark Flights Among Most Delayed
U.S. Bureau Of Transportation Study Ranks Liberty Last On Arrivals
NEWARK (CBS/AP) ―
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FAA officials say delays aren't expected to get any better any time soon, especially for Newark Liberty International Airport.
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Newark Liberty International Airport remains the champion of delayed incoming flights, according to new government records.
Fewer than three out of five planes landed on time in the first seven months of this year at the busy airport, ranking it last among the 32 major airports monitored in the study by the U.S. Bureau of Transportation.
When it comes to getting planes on the air on time, Newark Liberty did not do much better. Fewer than two-thirds of departing flights took off when they were scheduled to. Only two of the major airports fared worse by that measure.
The most on-time airport for landings was California's Oakland International Airport, where almost 80 percent of flights come in within 15 minutes of schedule. About 84 percent of flights at Portland International Airport in Oregon departed on time.
The Federal Aviation Administration thinks it has a way to improve on-time performance at Newark Liberty, as well as John F. Kennedy International and LaGuardia Airports, which are also operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
The FAA is calling to switch navigation systems from radar technology to more precise global positioning system technology, which would require less space between planes.
The Port Authority wants the New York area airports to be at the top of the line for the new technology. Anthony Coscia, the Port Authority chairman, and Anthony Shorris, its executive director, have written the FAA asking for the GPS system to be put in the New York region first rather than testing it initially in smaller markets.
"Delays already threaten the system in our region more than anywhere in the nation," they wrote. "The FAA should put the needs of the more than 100 million passengers to our airports first."
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