- 3nationwide FAA ground stops: 2001, 2023 and 2026
The FAA has halted every US departure three times, starting with 9/11
The FAA has stopped every US departure three times: 9/11, the January 2023 NOTAM outage and 13 November 2026, which ran 4 hours 21 minutes. Plus every single-airline network stop since 2022.
- 7 timesthe cancellations of the 2023 NOTAM outage
By FlightAware's count, the November 2026 stop cancelled seven times as many flights as the 2023 NOTAM outage
By FlightAware's count the 13 November 2026 FAA ground stop cancelled about 9,200 US flights, seven times the 2023 NOTAM outage. Compared with 9/11, CrowdStrike, Southwest 2022, Chicago 2014, UK NATS and the 2010 ash cloud.
- 11,607US flights cancelled on 25 January 2026
Only Winter Storm Fern has cancelled more US flights in a day since the pandemic than 13 November 2026
Winter Storm Fern cancelled 11,607 US flights on 25 January 2026. The 13 November 2026 FAA ground stop cancelled about 9,200 by FlightAware's count. The biggest single days of US cancellations, with every count sourced.
- 7.47%of Spirit's 2026 flights cancelled, January to May
Spirit cancelled 7.5% of its flights in 2026 before its figures stopped in May, the worst of any US airline
Spirit cancelled 7.47% of its 2026 flights before its figures stopped in May. JetBlue cancelled 4.31% from January to August. Cancellation and on-time rates for ten US airlines from BTS data, 2025 and 2026.
- 3,134,613people screened on 30 November 2025
TSA screened a record 3.13 million people on the Sunday after Thanksgiving 2025
The busiest day at US airport checkpoints was Sunday 30 November 2025, with 3,134,613 people screened. The 15 busiest TSA days since 2019, Thanksgiving week by year and the 100 busiest days, from TSA's own tables.
Every chart here can be embedded, downloaded and cited
Each chart has Embed, CSV and PNG buttons, and every figure links to its source. Credit FlightCancellations.com and link to the page.
- Media and embedsContact, credit lines, embed codes and the headline figures.
- Methodology and sourcesHow every figure was checked, with the source list.
- Every figure in one tableSearch, filter and download all 755 figures as CSV.
- Stranded now? Check your flightWhat the airline and your insurer or card owe you.