Posted on 05/11/25
| News Source: WBAL TV
Atlanta, GA - May 11, 2025 - An air traffic control equipment outage caused the Federal Aviation Administration to implement a ground stop at both Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday morning.
The ground stop for the Newark airport, which meant flights heading to Newark could not take off, lasted about 45 minutes, according to FAA air traffic advisories.
Meanwhile, the ground stop for Atlanta is still ongoing, and there is no estimated time for it to end.
The specific details of both outages were not immediately clear.
The outages come after a 90-second-long radar and radio outage early Friday morning in the Newark approach control facility.
A similar incident during a busy afternoon on April 28 caused five air traffic controllers in the facility to take trauma leave, which resulted in more than a thousand flights being canceled.