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Paddle Your Own Kanoo • Mateusz Maszczynski

FAA lifts nationwide ground stop after overloaded air traffic communications routers disrupt U.S. flights

The FAA lifted a nationwide ground stop Friday after a communications failure at air traffic control centers disrupted departures across the United States. Officials attributed the outage to overloaded, unstable routers beginning at 3:36 p.m.; they said there was no indication of an attack, while noting the investigation was ongoing.

The Air Current • Julie Johnsson

FAA confirms to airlines nationwide ground stop due to widespread ATC frequency issues

By The Air Current: Data-driven reporting and analysis on the strategy and technology of flying., Data-driven reporting and analysis on the strategy and technology of flying.

2026-11-13T13:16:06.752447-08:00