TravelSaturday, November 14
A nationwide FAA ground stop halted departures from DFW on Friday
The DALtoday team
If you were flying out of DFW on Friday, you ran into the FAA's nationwide ground stop, ordered for "extraordinary circumstances" and safety. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said a communication problem affected all of the country's Air Route Traffic Control Centers. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was "no indication of a terrorist attack."
The FAA later called it a "temporary telecommunications outage." American Airlines said the disruption lasted five hours. Smaller airports felt it too: a Tyler Pounds flight to DFW was canceled, and Texarkana Regional's afternoon Dallas flight sat at the gate.
American said the disruption lasted five hours, but drives home would take longer
- 5 hours
- American Airlines said the disruption lasted
- 14 hours
- of driving home to Wisconsin for one stranded group
- 18 to 19 hours
- of driving to Pittsburgh for another group
Source: CBS Texas
- Planes already in the air: allowed to land
- Inbound international flights: handled case by case
- Last nationwide halt before this: January 2023
Heading to the airport? We suggest checking the American Airlines app first. The airline warned of residual delays and cancellations into Saturday, with flights to non-hub cities and international destinations among its first recovery priorities.
More than 3 hoursTexarkana Regional's afternoon flight to Dallas sat at the gate
The airport has one airline, American, and one destination, DFW.
Source: Texarkana Today
Sources: CBS Texas, KLTV.com, USA TODAY, Texarkana Today