It’s been a brutal month for Newark Liberty International Airport, as telecommunications and radar outages have plagued one of the nation’s busiest airports, triggering delays and cancellations for thousands of passengers.

The interim rule will cap the number of arrivals and departures at Newark Liberty International Airport at 28 apiece per hour. That’s in line with the limits imposed after about half a dozen controllers went on a 45-day trauma leave following the first outage on April 28.

Until runway construction is completed, arrivals and departures will be capped at 28 each per hour, marking a 27% decrease in flights previously allowed.

Staff shortages and equipment failures at Newark Liberty International Airport have raised safety concerns in recent weeks.

Newark Liberty International Airport experienced another telecommunications outage on Sunday, causing flight disruptions. This is at least the third such incident in recent weeks, following a ...

and recent equipment issues, which magnify as they spread through the National Airspace System,” Acting FAA administrator Christopher Rocheleau in a statement. At one point, the FAA had targeted ...