The Federal Aviation Administration is looking to redesign the region’s airspace in hopes of alleviating congestion and long delays at area airports.

But what it means, says FAA spokeswoman Arlene Salac, is hundreds of more planes, mostly from John F. Kennedy International Airport, will be flying over the Garden State.

“It’s not going to be flights that are flying low over New Jersey,” Salac told 1010 WINS. “People may not even notice the additional flights.”

Salac said the new flights would be anywhere between 10,000 and 17,000 feet.

The redesign, which has been a part of a decade-long process, could go into effect as early as this spring.

“We’ve studied this for a number of years to look at different options that would give us the most flexibility with having the three major airports so close together,” Salac said.

She added that the metropolitan airports remain among the highest for delays in the country.

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(Source: WCBSTV)