Interesting article in the Newark Star Ledger today. Apparently, EWR had almost one million more passangers this year than JFK, and is now the region's busiest airport. The three major NY-NJ airports combined, again comprised the busiest air travel market in the world (over 86 million people).

The article mentioned CO's major expansion as one of the reasons for EWR's growth.

The entire article is available on-line at:
http://www.nj.com/page1/ledger/stories/a2261a.html

I actually thought it was getting better at EWR this year, as I've had much fewer instances of waiting to take off at other airports because EWR is too busy to let us in.

Then again, driving on the NJ Turnpike on a clear day, one can always see the next three or four planes waiting to land lined up in the sky.

NJDavid... I guess air travel's "Best kept
secret" (my impression of EWR) is not a secret anyore! I think the combination of
CO's big expansion, more overseas flights and folks like me who don't like to go to NYC to fly is making EWR very very busy. I prefer EWR and will only fly EWR (even if it means connecting at IAD or ORD or elsewhere!)

IT has the Airlink bus that takes you to Penn Station for connecting trains to NYC and elsewhere. You can also take GreyLine shuttles to Midtown Manhattan.

A commuter railroad to Newark would be ideal.

Maybe a fourth terminal will be needed in teh future. They could built it near the original terminal (I see using this one for commuter flights and flights under 500 miles.)

I have not experienced any more delays in takeoffs or landings recently at EWR. I have seen more people.

And this is going to sound crazy... but why do I have a feeling that UA is going to make EWR a mini hub soon. It's taking up a good chunk of Terminal A already.

I can tell EWR is getting mroe flights. My
plates and paintings on my walls and my cats
are shaking more as more planes fly over my apartmenthouse! RRUURR RRUURR!! There's goes another one now! CATMAN

thet arturo, catmen. arturo go rrurr! rrurr! look, up in skyy, et's arturo.

Interesting Factoid:

Every day, 70% of the World's commercial airline flights pass through the NYC airspace!

Aubie, you have got to elaborate---I can't believe that statistic. Where'd you get it?

arturo kno stetisticks, no room for 70%, probly aroun 67.479%

"Pass through the NYC Airspace" doesn't mean they land anywhere near NC.

years ago I learned to believe only in statistics I "falsified" myself ...

The statistic was in a news article of a major newspaper, I read it about a month ago.
70% is what the article said. The NYC airspace consists of Newark, JFK, and La Guardia airports.