# FAA Grounds Flights Nationwide

- Place: San Francisco, United States (37.7749, -122.4194)
- Published: 2026-11-14T02:01:57.051Z · expires 2026-11-21T02:01:57.051Z
- Floors (The Arena): E11 Organizations, E10 Institutions, E12 States
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- AI-written summary of the sources below; check them.

The FAA ordered a nationwide ground stop due to air traffic control communications issues, per latimes.com. Nearly 11,000 flights were delayed or canceled across the US.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin confirmed the grounding was due to a telecommunications issue, not a security threat, facebook.com reports. Officials emphasized everyone remains safe.

The national ground stop began at 20:53 UTC and was lifted around 01:28 UTC on November 14, according to Bloomberg and Axios.

## Sources

- [US government grounds all flights across the United States ‘due to extraordinary circumstances’](https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/articles/us-government-grounds-flights-across-214438563.html) · yahoo.com · 2026-11-13
- [FAA grounds flights nationwide, including SFO, citing ‘extraordinary circumstances’](https://www.sfchronicle.com/travel/article/faa-nationwide-ground-stop-22529660.php) · sfchronicle.com · 2026-11-13

## Open data shown on the globe

- San Francisco International Airport (SFO) · Observed 02:00 UTC · aviationweather.gov (NOAA): Pilot reports, 2 h · 7 within 150 km · 4 turbulence; FAA · ground delay avg 138 min (wind) · check: https://aviationweather.gov/data/metar/?id=KSFO&hours=0&taf=on
- US ground stop lifted · 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 · 586 (-83% since 21:42 UTC) · check: https://nasstatus.faa.gov/
- San Francisco International Airport (SFO) · Observed 03:00 UTC · aviationweather.gov (NOAA): Pilot reports, 2 h · 8 within 150 km · 5 turbulence; FAA · ground delay avg 138 min (wind) · check: https://aviationweather.gov/data/metar/?id=KSFO&hours=0&taf=on