All US flights grounded 13 Nov 2026

[markis10]

This is relatively major, only 2nd time this has been issued since 9/11. The longer they're offline (every extra minute) the bigger the snowball gets.

For the US maybe, downunder it happens almost every day in various parts of the country when they run out of staff and declare a TIBA

So how is all the traffic currently in the air supposed to cope? Surely there are areas where weather is problematic. Is everyone just flying by visual rules?

It’s not visual flight rules as aircraft will still be IFR, just doing more talking and hoping TECAS is working.

 

[PineappleSkip]

Are Flights into USA also stopped and not able to take off?

Could this also affect flights to other non US destinations such as Canada?

From BBC (this is only re flights out of Europe)

All traffic bound for US suspended, says Eurocontrol​

According to Eurocontrol's website, all US-bound air traffic from Eurocontrol member states has been suspended "on request of the FAA due to technical issues".

From @FlySFO on twitter re flights to Pacific

FAA Nationwide Ground Stop Update
3:00pm PST Friday, Nov. 13th, 2026: SFO confirms Pacific-bound flights are now cleared to depart from SFO, including destinations in Hawaii and Asia. Please check directly with your airline for the latest information on your flight and schedule!

I read Alaska unaffected also.

 

[elanshin]

For the US maybe, downunder it happens almost every day in various parts of the country when they run out of staff and declare a TIBA

I imagine it happens regularly at regions or localised airports but as a nationwide ground stop FAA directive, it's only happened one other time in 2023.