LOUISIANA / STATEWIDE
The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop Friday afternoon, directing departing aircraft to remain on the ground until further notice in a safety advisory issued November 13.
The Air Traffic Control System Command Center’s Advisory 111 was signed at 2:54 p.m. Central. It cited extraordinary circumstances and safety concerns but did not explain the specific underlying cause. International flights arriving in the United States would be handled individually, according to the notice.
The order addressed departing traffic. It did not instruct every aircraft already in the air to land immediately, and it did not say every flight had been canceled.
For Louisiana travelers, a national departure restriction can affect both a flight leaving the state and a connecting flight elsewhere. Passengers should check their airline’s current flight status and instructions rather than assume a departure time or cancellation from the national notice alone. The FAA separately advises travelers to consult their air carrier for information about an individual flight.
Reuters also reported the national order Friday afternoon, following earlier air traffic control communications problems in Chicago. The national advisory itself did not establish that those problems were the cause of the broader restriction.
Accurate Parish Reporting directly retrieved the national advisory, but subsequent checks of the same FAA page intermittently returned no advisory. That missing response is not confirmation that the order was canceled. A later official cancellation or replacement had not been verified when this report was prepared. This account documents the Friday order, not a guarantee of the current status of any flight.
The scale of delays, the duration of the restriction and a detailed explanation of its cause remained unconfirmed in the national advisory.