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When Will Flights Be Back to Normal After Nationwide Ground Stop?
Officials said overloaded air-traffic equipment caused intermittent communications and radar gaps, forcing more than 2,500 flight cancellations Saturday.
- The Federal Aviation Administration lifted a nationwide ground stop late Friday, allowing operations to resume after a four-hour outage that snarled air travel across the country.
- Trump administration officials blamed the shutdown on new technology overloading antiquated air traffic control equipment, causing "intermittent" communications and radar gaps that forced the halt.
- More than 2,500 flights were canceled on Saturday, and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned operations are "slowly returning to normal" despite ongoing disruptions.
- Travelers facing cancellations can demand full cash refunds if they decline rebooking, according to Brian Kelly, founder of The Points Guy: "Do not let them give you a voucher."
- Duffy and the White House are pushing for $30 billion to complete infrastructure modernization, warning that without further funding from Congress, similar systemic failures could recur.
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Baggage waits for travelers to claim in at Washington Dulles International Airport, in Chantilly, Va., Friday, Nov. 13, 2026, after the Federal Aviation Administration grounded flights nationwide.
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