TravelSunday, November 15
Friday's FAA ground stop is still canceling flights at Daytona Beach International
The Daily Daytona team
If you're flying out of Daytona Beach International Airport, check with your airline before you head over. The FAA's nationwide ground stop on Fri., Nov. 13 led to more cancelations and delays here a day later. Joanne Magley, who manages air service at the airport, said in a Nov. 14 text that seven flights in all have been canceled.
Orlando International felt it harder. The Greater Orlando Aviation Authority counted 232 cancellations Saturday. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the breakdown happened while a contractor was upgrading old telecommunication lines from copper wire to fiber optics at an undisclosed remote FAA location.
- Duffy's question: user error, installation error or a faulty router
- L3Harris: more than 70% of planned copper-to-fiber conversion completed
It was only the third nationwide ground stop, after Sept. 11, 2001, and Jan. 11, 2023. The FAA lifted it at 8:15 p.m. ET Nov. 13, after roughly four hours.
Friday's ground stop was only the third nationwide
- Sept. 2001An earlier nationwide ground stop.
- Jan. 2023FAA suffers a nationwide computer system outage.
- Nov. 13Ground stop for all departing flights begins at 3:54 p.m. ET.
- Nov. 13FAA lifts the ground stop at 8:15 p.m. ET.
- Nov. 14Orlando International counts 232 cancellations.
Sources: WESH, News Chief
Sources: Daytona Beach News-Journal, WESH, News Chief