# FAA orders nationwide flight ground stop, delaying or canceling nearly 7,000 flights

https://mins.news/en/item/142998

- The Guardian, 2026-11-13 21:44 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/nov/13/faa-nationwide-ground-stop-flights

> The FAA ordered all flights scheduled to depart from US airports on Friday to remain grounded, delaying or canceling nearly 7,000 flights, FlightAware said. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy attributed the stoppage to a communications issue affecting all Air Route Traffic Control Centers; FAA technicians are investigating.

## Stories

- [US Nationwide Air Traffic Communications Outage and Flight Grounding](https://mins.news/en/topic/faa-nationwide-air-traffic-outage) — Markdown: https://mins.news/en/topic/faa-nationwide-air-traffic-outage.md

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