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FAA Weather Ground Stops Snarl Texas Air Travel, Delaying Flights at DFW and Austin

Weather, not staffing, drove the FAA’s decision to halt arrivals.

Overview

  • Dallas Fort Worth International faced a regional ground stop until 11:15 a.m. CST, holding arrivals from much of the Southeast and Southwest, including Atlanta, Charlotte and Phoenix.
  • The FAA said all domestic flights departing for DFW were delayed by about one hour on average, while DFW departures were running roughly 45 minutes late.
  • By 10:30 a.m., FlightAware tallied more than 400 delays and nine cancellations at DFW, and 83 delays with ten cancellations at Dallas Love Field, where departures averaged 75 minutes late.
  • Austin-Bergstrom was placed under a ground stop until 4:15 p.m. with a medium chance of extension, with arriving flights delayed about 54 minutes on average and 56 inbound plus 46 outbound delays and five cancellations reported by 3:30 p.m.
  • State reporting later counted more than 1,000 combined delays and cancellations at DFW and Love Field, with ground delays posted until 11 p.m. and average waits exceeding two hours as storms and flood risks persisted.