Ground stops hit major East Coast airports

Travel across the U.S. East Coast came to a standstill on Monday after the FAA issued a ground stop affecting 6 major airports, including JFK and LaGuardia.

The shutdown followed a critical equipment failure at the Philadelphia TRACON, a key air traffic control facility. This outage forced the suspension of flights at Newark, Philadelphia International, Teterboro, Westchester County, and Boston Logan.

By early afternoon, the failure delayed more than 600 flights at Newark and Philadelphia alone. This represents over 20% of all traffic at those specific hubs. Flightradar24 data shows average delays reached more than 4 hours, a significant increase from standard wait times seen on a typical travel day. The FAA is currently working to repair the system to restore full service.

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