Live updates: FAA grounds all departing flights due to air traffic control communications outage
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The US Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop for all departing flights on Friday, citing 'extraordinary circumstance and reasons for safety.

- - - Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said all flights were accounted for and there was no reason for the public to be afraid

- - - Mullin added there was no indication the disruption was a deliberate attack, describing it as a telecommunications outage

- - - Flights already in the air may land, but aircraft on the ground cannot take off and international flights will be handled on a case-by-case basis

- - - The order followed an earlier halt to traffic in Chicago because of communications problems

- - - Friday's action marked the second nationwide ground stop of all departures since the September 11, 2001, attacks

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Aviation analytics firm Cirium said that after 4 p.m. ET, about 11,000 flights carrying more than 1.5 million passengers were still scheduled to depart from US airports on Friday.

As of 5:50 p.m. ET, the firm reported:

- - - 600 flights had been diverted on Friday

- - - 496 of the 600 flights (82.7%) returned to their origin airport, while the remaining 104 diverted to a different airport

- - - The airports that received the most diverted flights overall were Chicago O'Hare (ORD), with 28; Denver (DEN), with 26; Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), with 19; and Washington National (DCA), Charlotte (CLT) and Los Angeles (LAX), with 16 each

- - - Among flights that diverted to an airport other than their origin, Cincinnati (CVG) received the most, with six, followed by San Jose (SJC), with five

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FAA orders nationwide ground stop, citing 'extraordinary circumstances'
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... The Federal Aviation Administration issued a nationwide ground stop on all air traffic at U.S. airports Friday due to "extraordinary circumstances."

The stop was placed "DUE TO EXTRAORDINARY CIRCUMSTANCES AND FOR REASONS OF SAFETY." The stop requires that all air traffic set to depart U.S. airports remain grounded. Any flights already airborne would be allowed to proceed to their destinations.

Officials said the stop would remain in place until further notice.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Friday afternoon the FAA "issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue."

The @FAAnews issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers. FAA technicians are investigating the issue. We will provide immediate updates as we have them.
" Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) November 13, 2026

The FAA said incoming flights from international origins would be handled on a "case by case basis." ...