At one point, the FAA had targeted 77 total arrivals and departures at Newark each hour, but at the start of construction on April 15 they requested airlines cut that down to 70 total during the day and 62 during specific hours in the late afternoons and evenings.

Flight arrivals at Newark capped at 28 per hour through mid-June, rising to 34 per hour afterward under FAA's emergency order. The move follows radar outages, severe congestion, and staffing shortages that crippled operations in recent weeks.