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FAA Ground Stop Impacts Flights

The FAA has issued a nationwide ground stop affecting all U.S. Airports, per mycomoxvalleynow.com and 1news.co.nz reports. The advisory, issued at 20:53 UTC, holds all departures and manages inbound international flights on a case-by-case basis.

Denver International Airport is among the affected facilities, with flights delayed due to the communications outage, as noted by 9news.com. The FAA attributes the issue to 'frequency problems' rather than cyberattack or natural disaster, per ABC News and PBS.

Flight N523AB is climbing out of Denver at 6,300 ft, heading southeast, while N4633J approaches from the northwest at 5,275 ft, according to recent_aviation data. The ground stop remains in effect through 04:00 UTC, as per the FAA status updates.

The outage has prompted a significant number of flight cancellations and delays nationwide, with over 1,000 flights cancelled, according to thetravel.com. Searches for 'faa' and 'us flights' have spiked in several countries including India and Australia.

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What people searched for —

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People were searching for this story in 42 of the 54 countries E14 follows on Google Trends. Rank = its place among the searches that trended in that country within four hours of it.

#1 search in New Zealand (of 15) · 5K+ · “faa nationwide flight ground stop” · Google Trends →#2 search in Austria (of 36) · 2K+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#3 search in Australia (of 76) · 5K+ · “us flights” · Google Trends →#4 search in the UK (of 157) · 5K+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#4 search in Argentina (of 84) · 2K+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#4 search in South Africa (of 27) · 1K+ · “flights” · Google Trends →#1 on Bluesky · 7,895 posts · “FAA orders nationwide ground stop” · Bluesky →

Sources —

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019news9news.com · 13 NovFlights delayed at Denver airport as snow impacts Colorado 02thetravelthetravel.com · 13 NovFAA Site Crashes As 3,100 Flights Are Airborne During 6-Hour Nationwide Halt: Cancellations Spike To Over 1,000 031news1news.co.nz · 13 NovAll US flights grounded due to air traffic control 'communications issue' 04mycomoxvalleynowmycomoxvalleynow.com · 13 NovCommunications outage halts takeoffs across United States 05aolaol.com · 13 NovHow many flights out of Denver have been impacted by nationwide FAA ground stop? 06bostonheraldbostonherald.com · 13 NovFlights halted at airports across US due to air traffic control communications problems 07clickondetroitclickondetroit.com · 13 NovLive Updates: FAA issues ground stop for all airports nationwide 08gazettegazette.com · 13 NovFAA ground stop impact on Colorado Springs not clear

Open data on the globe —

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US national ground stop · FAA NAS Status · in the feed since 21:29 UTC
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 · 657 (-81% since 21:42 UTC)
“The FAA has a national ground stop on: departures are held across the US. We count 657 aircraft still in the air over the lower 48.”
FAA NAS Status · aircraft: adsb.lol · Open the same data on nasstatus.faa.gov →
US ground stop lifted · FAA NAS Status · in the feed since 21:29 UTC
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 · 498 (-86% since 21:42 UTC)
“Planes are climbing back into the sky over the US: departures are starting again after the FAA's ground stop.”
FAA NAS Status · aircraft: adsb.lol · Open the same data on nasstatus.faa.gov →

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