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A Boeing 737 takes off from the Southwest in a smog haze from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport in Arlington, Virginia, June 8, 2023, as smoke from wildfires in Canada blankets the area.
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More than 9,600 flights were delayed and 1,405 canceled Sunday as thunderstorms disrupted air travel in and out of some of the nation’s busiest airports and the Federal Aviation Administration briefly halted departures to major airports serving Washington, D.C., citing needed power panel repairs at one airport. Air traffic control facility.
Shortly after 6 p.m. ET, the FAA issued ground stops for Baltimore/Washington International Airport Thurgood Marshall, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Dulles International Airport, preventing planes from taking off to those destinations. Requests filed within an hour.
“Departures to metropolitan area airports have resumed and communications power board repairs have been completed,” the FAA said in a statement. “During the repairs, the backup system handled communications gracefully.” The average delay in Washington Dulles was about 90 minutes as of 7:15 p.m
Another 7,200 US flights were delayed on Saturday. All day Sunday, weather delayed airports from Miami to Boston to Detroit.
More than 500 flights to and from Newark Liberty International Airport were delayed. The airport is a major hub for United Airlineswhich has more than 1,159 delayed Sunday flights, network-wide, up 40% according to FlightAware. American Airlines It posted 1,258 delayed flights, 36% of its main schedule, Delta Airlines It has 1,221, or 34% of its schedule, and is based in New York JetBlue Airways It has 579 delays, or 55% of its planned schedule.
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