FAA lifts ground stop after more than four hours, but flight cancellations will stretch into the weekend

Image credit: Magnific. Article by Leslie Josephs. CNBC – November 13, 2026.

The U.S. halted flight departures across the country for hours on Friday for the second time since 9/11, blaming aging technology that was overloaded, affecting key information for multiple air traffic control centers. More than 10,000 flights were disrupted during the nationwide ground stop, and delays and cancellations were set to stretch into the weekend, if not longer. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said at a press conference late Friday that telecommunications routers were overloaded with data. “They went down,” he said. […]

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