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FAA Ground Stop Affects All U.S. Airports

The FAA issued a nationwide ground stop affecting all U.S. Airports starting at 20:53 UTC, per ABC News and ABC News reports.

The advisory, numbered 111, halted all departures and managed inbound international flights on a case-by-case basis due to air traffic control communications issues, according to the FAA.

Nearly 5,000 flights were cancelled during the stop, which lasted about four hours and thirty-five minutes before being lifted at 01:28 UTC on November 14, as reported by Bloomberg and Axios.

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What people searched for —

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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.

#2 search in Austria (of 37) · 2K+ · “faa” · Google Trends →#3 search in Australia (of 76) · 5K+ · “us flights” · Google Trends →#1 on Bluesky · 537 posts · “Microsoft outage, flight ground stop” · Bluesky →

Sources —

4 articles
01abcnewsabcnews.com · 13 NovRare nationwide ground stop ordered at airports over communication issues: FAA - ABC News 02travelandleisuretravelandleisure.com · 13 NovThe FAA Just Issued a Rare Nationwide Ground Stop Affecting Every U.S. Airport—What to Know 03thetravelthetravel.com · 12 NovUnited Airlines Flight 868 Declares Level 3 Emergency As Unruly Passenger Is Restrained With Flex Cuffs During 12-Hour Flight To Chicago 04simpleflyingsimpleflying.com · 12 NovDo You Know? The World's Busiest Airport Has No Flights To These 2 US States

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 · 882 (-74% 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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The floor of companies and infrastructure. In this briefing: ground stop, U.S. Airports, air traffic control communications issues, four hours and thirty-five minutes, 01:28 UTC, November 14.