Severe Weather Causing Delays at NYC Airports on Busy Travel Day

Crowded Fourth of July travel just got a little more chaotic.

The line of severe thunderstorms — and even a tornado watch in the five boroughs — rolling through the Northeast is causing headaches at the major airports in New York City.

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Due to the weather, John F. Kennedy International Airport is experiencing two hours and 18 minutes in delays on average for arriving flights as of 5 p.m. There is currently a traffic management program in effect at the airport.

LaGuardia Airport isn't much better. Flights into LaGuardia are experiencing nearly two-hour delays in departures arriving as of 5 p.m.

And finally, across the Hudson River in Newark, they are experiencing two hour and 21-minute delays as of 5 p.m.

The line of thunderstorms is expected to be at its worst in the late afternoon and early evening — right as people are leaving work to travel for Fourth of July. According to AAA, 43 million were expected to be traveling this weekend — the highest number since they began tracking it in 2001.

Lower gas prices contributes to that increase, but people are taking the sky as well. AAA expects an increase of 2.2 percent in air travel this year as compared to last year's Fourth of July holiday.