Newark airport is struggling with radar issues, staffing shortages and construction delays — and travel experts recommend alternative airports as passengers report significant flight disruptions.

Newark airport's been plagued with issues that have travelers like me concerned about safety. It's not dangerous, but delays are a bigger concern.

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According to the FAA, the travel headaches at Newark airport are partly because of construction on one of the runways, but it's also due to air traffic controller shortages.

Three recent radar glitches between air traffic controllers and planes at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport are raising questions about summer travel and the overall safety of flying in the U.

Newark Liberty International Airport has worked through delays and cancellations for nearly two weeks, and four main reasons are the cause.

As the summer travel season looms, the F.A.A. is racing to address the problems. Controllers working the airspace around Newark Liberty International Airport temporarily lost ... With no visual imagery to guide him, he tried to direct the pilots from ...

At times Monday evening, as few as three air traffic controllers per hour were lined up to monitor via radar the planes flying into and out of the airport, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

Friday’s brief blackout was the second radar and communications failure in two weeks at one of the busiest airports in the country.