I’m sure it has nothing to do with this happening yesterday… 
according to msn.com:
there is a communication issue affecting all air route traffic control center.
pilots are telling passengers 6-7 hours. the faa advisory has been updated to state that the effective period begining at 3:54pm to 11:30pm. (quite a difference from the 5pm originally stated.)
ETA nm.
Update: We are all going to die.
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Well no, probably not.
Anyone able to get off of a flight is lucky. A quick look at flightradar24 shows hundreds of planes lined up on taxiways at LAX, ORD, and DFW. It would suck if you happened to be on one of those planes. And when the stop is lifted, I imagine chaos later on when all these flights finally do arrive at their destination and have to wait for open gates.
I’d also imagine that flight crews may hit time limits and not be able to fly. @LSLGuy would know about that.
This is exactly what I’m wondering, 2 hours later.
Well, yeah, eventually.
(Iowa’s governor soon-to-be-emerita got a lot of heat for saying that, in the context of health care issues.)
If there’s a long enough stop, I would suppose passengers would have to get off the old fashioned way. Stairs and a bus to the terminal.
Moderating:
@John_Stamos_Left_Ear and @nearwildheaven, let’s leave the gratuitous commentary for the non-breaking news thread. This thread is for actual developments in the situation.
Sorry. You can delete that post if you wish; you’re right, this isn’t really the place for it.
My flight from MCO to ORD was delayed several times and eventually cancelled. No hotels available. Have luggage, semi comfy chair and USB power.
Brian
In CNN they say it’s not Microsoft related (problem reported earlier today)
The Federal Aviation Administration told airlines the nationwide outages that prompted the ground stop were the result of a problem with network routers, according to an airline source.
The problem is believed to have started at Chicago Midway International Airport and cascaded nationwide.
As per cnn
The stop has been lifted!
https://apnews.com/live/ground-stop-aviation-flights-news-updates-11-13-2026
I was just coming here to report it too, beaten by three minutes.
@Kent_Clark you are faster than a speeding bullet,