U.S. FAA ground stop LIVE updates: Flights resume as FAA lifts nationwide halt to take-offs

A traveller tries to retrieve his luggage as flights are delayed at Los Angeles International Airport on on November 13, 2026, in Los Angeles. | Photo Credit: AP T he United States on Friday (November 13, 2026) lifted an hours-long ground stop at the nation’s airports, with top officials explaining that the disruption was not due to a cyberattack or a sweeping Microsoft outage. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said that U.S.

airspace was now “opened up,” and blamed “old hardware” for the travel chaos The nationwide stop left tens of thousands of passengers in limbo as more than 10,000 ‌flights were cancelled and delayed. The incident marked only the second time such an alert was given in U.S. airspace since the 9/11 attacks.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said there was no sign of a threat to the United States. Earlier, the FAA “issued a nationwide ground stop for all U.S. airports following a communication issue impacting all Air Route Traffic Control Centres,” the agency said.