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LaGuardia Airport on Saturday, August 27, 2011, as Hurricane Irene heads To Tri-State (credit: CBS 2)

Hurricane Irene Forces New York-Area Airports To Close, Grounds Thousands Of Flights

Airlines are scrapping more than 9,000 flights this weekend from North Carolina to Boston, grounding passengers as Irene sweeps up the East Coast. There were more than 3,600 cancellations on Saturday alone.

2011/08/27

A Continental Airlines jet is seen at Newark Liberty International Airport (credit: KAREN BLEIER/AFP/Getty Images)

New York City Area Airports Look At Expansion

While the Port Authority takes in proposals to do an airport capacity study Newark, JFK, and LaGuardia, one local aviation advocate says the first thing to do is upgrade the air traffic control system.

2011/07/08

Mark Sanchez, left

Jets To Fly Into Newburgh, N.Y., Bus It To N.J.

The playoff-bound Jets finally made it back to snowbound New Jersey. The original itinerary had the team on a direct flight to New Jersey on Sunday night, but the wintry weather changed all that.

WFAN–2010/12/27

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