US ground stops and airport delays
Every FAA delay program in effect right now
No FAA ground stops or delays right now.
The FAA reports no ground stop, ground delay program, airport delay or closure anywhere in the United States. Check back here or follow your airport in Cockpit to hear the moment that changes.
Ground stops 0
Flights bound for these airports are held on the ground at their origin. Nothing departs for them until the stop lifts or is extended.
No ground stops anywhere in the US right now.
Ground delay programs 0
Arrivals are metered: each inbound flight gets a later departure time so the airport receives only what it can land.
No ground delay programs right now.
Delays over 15 minutes 0
No airport is reporting delays over 15 minutes.
Closures
No US airport is closed by the FAA right now.
What the three kinds of delay mean
- Ground stopThe hard one.
Flights headed to the airport do not take off at all. Usually 30 to 90 minutes, extended in steps. Triggered by thunderstorms over the field, a runway closure, or an airspace problem.
- Delay programMetered arrivals.
Flights still go, but each gets a controlled departure time so arrivals match what the airport can land per hour. Predictable, and often lasts all evening.
- DelayCongestion or weather.
No program, just one flow slowing down. The FAA reports it once the average passes 15 minutes.
Delays in the Cockpit app
Ground stops arrive as a push, with the airport card one tap away.
A feed of what is happening
Ground stops, delay programs, emergencies and TFRs across the US or near you, newest first.
The airport, live
Runways in use, the queue on the ground, the weather and the tower, on one card.
Alerts in your words
"Any ground stop at JFK or Newark" becomes a rule. Quiet hours respected.
