It was a hard Thanksgiving holiday trip back home for hundreds of thousands on Sunday. The rain made it that much worse on the roadways. Get the latest on airport delays here:
It wasn't much better at area airports. Newark and John F. Kennedy are averaging delays on 1 out of every 4 flights. LaGuardia has seen about 35 percent of its flights delayed because of the bad weather.
According to flightaware.com, there were 332 flight delays at JFK and one cancellation. At LaGuardia, there were 478 delays and two cancellations. At Newark Liberty, 368 flights were delayed and there were 10 cancellations. Meanwhile, lines were long outside Newark airport on Sunday morning. Many holiday travelers heading home arrived early hoping to beat the rush. Some found congestion and delays worse outside the airport than inside.
"When you are at that last moment getting at the gate, there is a little concern. The craziness is that the lanes are so oddly marked. People trying to get to the terminal find they are in the bag lanes, so people are weaving around. That slows it," a traveler said.In:
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