Storms cause Northeast airport delays

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Officials at airports throughout the Northeast Monday evening blamed the weather for lengthy delays, which in some areas were as long as three hours.

Flights at New York's LaGuardia Airport had delays of between one and three hours on arrivals and departures, and delays ran between two and three hours at Newark International Airport, said Alan Hicks, spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.

Delays at John F. Kennedy International Airport ran about one hour on departures, he said.

The Federal Aviation Authority blamed the delays on line of thunderstorms stretching from the Gulf Coast to Maine late Monday.

The FAA said the storms were delaying air traffic into Philadelphia by an average of two hours.

The agency advised travelers to check with individual airlines for specific delay information.