{"id":310508,"date":"2026-09-21T19:35:35","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/?p=310508"},"modified":"2026-09-21T19:35:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T18:35:35","slug":"air-traffic-control-malfunction-grounds-us-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gdg.travel\/en-au\/blog\/air-traffic-control-malfunction-grounds-us-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Traffic Control Malfunction Grounds US Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul role=\"list\">\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Flights have been grounded at major US airports after a communications malfunction impacting air traffic control<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Ground stops have been ordered in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">According to US media, the issue is related to frequencies at the Philadelphia air traffic control, which handles traffic for airports in the north-east region<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Delays are spreading after scores of flights were left stranded on runways on Monday morning<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Boston Logan International Airport has warned travellers to expect disruption due to &#8220;equipment issues across the north-east&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flights have been grounded at major US airports after a communications malfunction impacting air traffic control Ground stops have been ordered in New York City, Boston and Philadelphia, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) says According to US media, the issue is related to frequencies at the Philadelphia air traffic control, which handles traffic for airports [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-310508","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-alerts"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - 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