FAA Ground Stop Wipes Out More Than 3,300 US Flights on Saturday
A Federal Aviation Administration ground stop scrubbed over 3,300 flights into, out of and across the US by 5:15 am ET Saturday, according to FlightAware. Delta took the hardest hit, with Atlanta, JFK and Boston Logan the worst-affected airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy blames an overloaded, aging air traffic system — and wants $50 billion to fix it.
- Original source: breakingthenews.net.
- The source published it on Nov 14, 2026 at 11:04 AM.
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The FAA's ground stop left travelers stranded coast to coast. FlightAware counted more than 3,300 canceled flights heading to, from or within the United States as of 5:15 am ET Saturday. Another roughly 1,000 US-bound, outbound or domestic flights were running late.
Delta Air Lines topped the cancellation list, followed by United and American Airlines. The airports feeling it most: Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, New York's John F. Kennedy and Boston Logan.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy didn't mince words about the cause. He said the ground stop stemmed from the older air traffic control system getting overloaded.
Duffy has already asked Congress for $50 billion in emergency funding to modernize that system. That request now sits with lawmakers as the cancellations stack up.
TopicsFAA · Delta Air Lines · United Airlines · American Airlines · Sean Duffy · FlightAware · Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport · John F. Kennedy International Airport
Source: breakingthenews.net
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