FAA equipment outage causes ground stops at six Northeast US airports

An FAA equipment outage on 2026-09-21 triggered ground stops at six Northeast airports including Newark Liberty, Philadelphia International, John F. Kennedy, and LaGuardia, causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations. Flights resumed following the outage resolution on 2026-09-22.

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Hundreds of flights canceled due to equipment outage (ABC News)

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Read "Hundreds of flights canceled due to equipment outage" on SmartNews: l.smartnews.com/p-8xuGH2sU/Z... Flights have been stopped at Newark Liberty International Airport in New Jersey and Philadelphia International Airport in Pennsylvania due to equipment outag...