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The Federal Aviation Administration is delaying a slot auction planned for next week at Newark Liberty International Airport after running into fierce opposition from airlines and the New York-area airports.

In a software nightmare this week, a breakdown in the Federal Aviation Administration's system for processing flight plans caused massive airline delays. The FAA said a software problem caused the system to go down at about 1 p.m. EDT on Tuesday.

Major U.S. airports were operating normally on Tuesday evening after a glitch in the computer system for filing flight plans delayed hundreds of flights, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The Department of Homeland Security said there was no link to terrorism and the FAA said the computer glitch did not affect its ability to safely track planes in the air.

The trouble was a failure of a processing system that handles flight plans filed by airlines before their aircraft take off.

The trouble was a failure of a processing system that handles flight plans filed by airlines before their aircraft take off.

The F.A.A. said on Tuesday that computer problems were causing delays at airports across the country.

The Federal Aviation Administration threatened to cut off $27 million in annual grants to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, escalating a battle over whether to auction off landing slots.

The Federal Aviation Administration threatened to cut off $27 million in annual grants to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, escalating a battle over whether to auction off landing slots.

The F.A.A. said on Tuesday that computer problems were causing delays at airports across the country.

The F.A.A. said on Tuesday that computer problems were causing delays at airports across the country.