Second busiest ever July for New York’s airports

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) today announced that its commercial airports turned up the heat to their second-busiest July ever in July 2025, welcoming 13.3 million passengers.

The month’s total of 13.3 million was 3% below July 2024’s monthly record high of 13.7 million passengers.

It attributed the slight dip to the continued operational limits at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) due to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic control staffing and equipment issues.

July 2025 also saw a greater number of severe weather events compared to the prior year. EWR’s passenger volume declined 5% in July 2025 compared to July 2024, LaGuardia Airport (LGA) by 4% and John F Kennedy International Airport (JFK) by 1%.

Over the July Fourth holiday weekend from July 3 to 7, the agency’s airports served 2.2 million passengers. It was the second-busiest total for that holiday travel period at the airports, about 10,000 passengers below the record set in 2024.

The latest total means that New York’s main gateways welcomed 81.6 million passengers in the first seven months of the year.

It is the third-highest total at the agency’s airports over the first seven months of the year, behind 2023 (82.6 million) and 2024 (84.2 million).

It notes that much of the year-to-date decline is attributable to FAA challenges at Newark Liberty, which has seen its volume drop by 7% compared to the same period in 2024.