# FAA Ground Stop Impacts All U.S. Airports

- Place: Chicago, United States (41.98, -87.9)
- Published: 2026-11-14T00:00:36.470Z · expires 2026-11-21T00:00:36.470Z
- Floors (The Arena): E11 Organizations, E12 States, E10 Institutions
- Page: https://emergencemachine.com/brief/cqy
- AI-written summary of the sources below; check them.

The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop affecting all U.S. Airports, per Travel + Leisure and ABC News, as air traffic control communications systems experienced outages.

The advisory, issued at 20:53 UTC, holds all departures and manages inbound international flights on a case-by-case basis, with the directive running through 04:00 UTC, according to thetravel.com reports.

Flight N838WL is currently climbing out of Chicago O'Hare at 3,350 ft, heading east, as the ground stop remains in effect across all U.S. Terminals.

The cause has been attributed to frequency issues rather than a cyberattack or natural disaster, per ABC News and FAA status updates.

## Sources

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## Open data shown on the globe

- US national ground stop · FAA NAS Status · in the feed since 21:29 UTC · FAA NAS Status · aircraft: adsb.lol: Airport delays from the FAA's own NAS Status feed. Aircraft counted by E14 from public ADS-B (adsb.lol), 21 sample areas over the lower 48: not every plane.; In the air over the US · 1,035 (-70% since 21:42 UTC) · check: https://nasstatus.faa.gov/