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Originally Posted by aquablue
That's because the airspace is badly designed and overcrowded. LGA should have been shut down years ago to allow proper traffic routings and for JFK to be fully utilized. Right now JFK is only half utilized due to LGA. An expanded JFK and EWR would have allowed far better airspace utilization and on time flights if LGA was out of the picture. However, short sighted planners in the region have messed up. This has nothing to do with having a nice terminal building. If they want to build a pleasant environment for the pax then let them do it, it's better than having a greyhound terminal building and still having bad airspace.
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40% of air traffic delays
nationwide are the result of airspace congestion in the NYC region. Around a third of all aircraft in the US cycle through the NYC airport system everyday, so the resulting knock-on effects means one of the largest cause of flight delays in SoCal is NYC's crappy airspace.