3,000 flights cancelled as FAA ground stop chaos stretches into 2nd day
The chaos from the FAA's nationwide ground stop lingered into early Saturday morning, with thousands of flights cancelled as airlines played catch-up.
Key points
- What to watch: Whether Congress responds to Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy's request for $50 billion in emergency funding to modernize the nation's air traffic control system.
- Why it matters: Millions of travelers will find themselves inconvenienced over what the government says was simply old technology that couldn't keep up with modern upgrades.
- Between the lines: The most heavily impacted airports were Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, New York's JFK and Boston Logan.
ET Saturday, nearly 3,300 flights into, out of, or within the United States were already cancelled for the day, per FlightAware.
Zoom in: The ground stop wreaked havoc on college football in particular, with many schools unable to travel to their game locations.
Additional details
- ESPN reported a number of high-profile match-ups were postponed to either late Saturday or Sunday as a result.
- Among the major airlines, FlightAware's data showed Delta more affected than United or American.
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