FAA Computer Problem Causes Most Flight Delays and Cancellations Since 9/11
January 11th, 2023Via: USA Today:
A computer glitch at the Federal Aviation Administration delayed airline traffic across much of the nation early Wednesday, and the agency said it was working to restore the system.
The FAA instituted a nationwide pause on departures, known as a ground stop, for part of the morning Wednesday but that order had been lifted by 9 a.m. ET.
More than 6,400 flights within, into, or out of the U.S. were delayed as of 11 a.m. ET, according to the flight-tracking website FlightAware, and more than 1,000 flights in the country were canceled. With 19,621 domestic flights scheduled on Monday, according to Cirium data, those numbers are almost certain to rise as airlines recover their operations.
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It’s the first time departures have been halted nationwide since 9/11.
As of 7 January — Pilots in border regions are wondering why the FAA has deleted much of the aeronautical information from non-U.S. airspace from its latest sectional charts. The late December release of the sectionals omit detailed airspace information in Canadian airspace, and the changes reportedly apply to Caribbean and Mexican regions along the border and off the coast as well. The FAA has acknowledged AVweb’s request for information on the move but has not yet provided details. The change was announced Oct. 12 in a single-paragraph Charting Notice that said the foreign areas included on sectionals would be “skeletonized.”
https://www.avweb.com/aviation-news/faa-deletes-foreign-information-from-sectionals/