# FAA Ground Stop Disrupts Sports Weekend

- Place: Dallas/Fort Worth, United States (32.9, -97.04)
- Published: 2026-11-14T02:16:00.300Z · expires 2026-11-21T02:16:00.300Z
- Floors (The Arena): E11 Organizations, E12 States, E13 Civilizations, E14 Global
- Page: https://emergencemachine.com/brief/csp
- AI-written summary of the sources below; check them.

The FAA imposed a nationwide ground stop after an air traffic control communications failure, per Reuters and PBS reports. The advisory, issued at 20:53 UTC, halted all US departures and held inbound international flights on a case-by-case basis.

The outage, caused by 'frequency issues' with air traffic control systems, lasted about four hours and thirty-five minutes before being lifted around 01:28 UTC on November 14, according to airdatanews.com, Axios, and. Nearly 5,000 flights were cancelled, as noted by Business Insider.

The ground stop has disrupted travel plans across the region, with delays expected to persist as airlines resume operations.

The outage affected global connectivity, with searches for 'faa' trending in India and 'us flights' in Ireland and Australia, according to Google Trends data.

## Sources

- [FAA halts departures nationwide after US air traffic control communications failure](https://www.airdatanews.com/faa-halts-departures-nationwide-after-us-air-traffic-control-communications-failure/) · airdatanews.com · 2026-11-13
- [A sudden FAA ground stop strands teams and throws the sports weekend into chaos](https://www.thestar.com/news/world/united-states/a-sudden-faa-ground-stop-strands-teams-and-throws-the-sports-weekend-into-chaos/article_3a472979-2350-5e35-b630-df5b9de9cf56.html) · thestar.com · 2026-11-13
- [A sudden FAA ground stop strands teams and throws the sports weekend into chaos](https://www.ksat.com/sports/2026/11/13/a-sudden-faa-ground-stop-strands-teams-and-throws-the-sports-weekend-into-chaos/) · ksat.com · 2026-11-13
- [American Airlines Cancels 8 International Routes: See Full List Now](https://simpleflying.com/american-cancels-8-international-routes/) · simpleflying.com · 2026-11-11

## Open data shown on the globe

- 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 · 504 (-85% since 21:42 UTC) · check: https://nasstatus.faa.gov/