JFK runway closure likely to cause fare increases and delays

New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport is already prone to delays, with most frequent travelers being able to recall at least one horror story about being stranded at the facility for hours awaiting news of a rescheduled flight.

With JFK's longest runway closed for repairs starting this week, the delays, and air fares to fly into one of the nation's busiest airports, are likely to soar. Fares on some summer flights from New York to Los Angeles, for example, are already double what they were last year.

And impacts of the Bay Runway's closure won't only be felt by travelers flying into JFK, but by millions of others at airports across the country.

"No good will come of this," said George Hobica, creator of Airfarewatchdog.com. "It will probably cause cascading delays. A plane that goes from London to New York will probably not go back to London. If it's American, it will probably go to Chicago and then Los Angeles, so other flights will be delayed too."