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FAA Ground Stop Impacts Atlanta Flights

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

Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport experienced increasing delays as the ground stop affected departures, ajc.com reports. The advisory began at 20:53 UTC and was lifted around 01:28 UTC on November 14.

The national ground stop caused significant disruptions, with JetBlue canceling most of its remaining flights, per the NY Post.

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People were searching for this story in 43 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.

#3 search in Australia (of 76) · 5K+ · “us flights” · Google Trends →#4 search in the UK (of 158) · 5K+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#9 search in Romania (of 24) · 500+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#68 search in France (of 137) · 200+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#1 on Bluesky · 7,895 posts · “FAA orders nationwide ground stop” · Bluesky →

Sources —

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01ajc.com · 13 NovFAA issues nationwide ground stop, delays in Atlanta and elsewhere mount 02wabewabe.org · 13 NovFlights halted at Hartsfield - Jackson and airports across US due to air traffic control communications problems, FAA says 03fox5atlanta.com · 13 NovNationwide FAA ground stop: Atlanta airport hit with increasing delays 04patch.com · 13 NovFAA Orders Nationwide Ground Stop, Halting Flights Across Southeast 05flightradar24flightradar24.com · 12 NovAtlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport Departures 06enen.philenews.com · 13 NovThousands of flights disrupted as US grounds all air traffic over communications outage 07flightradar24flightradar24.com · 10 NovFort Lauderdale Hollywood International (FLL) (KFLL) live departures

Open data on the globe —

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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 · 586 (-83% since 21:42 UTC)
“Planes are climbing back into the sky over the US: departures are starting again after the FAA's ground stop.”
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Here it turns on organizations: FAA, air traffic control, ground stop and Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport.

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The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: FAA, air traffic control, ground stop, Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport, JetBlue, advisory began.

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