Dallas Love Field airport reopens after brief closure over FAA-issued alert concerning ‘security issue’

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Dallas Love Field briefly suspended operations Saturday night after a security alert involving a commercial aircraft.

Dallas Love Field Airport reopened Saturday night after a brief closure triggered by a security alert involving a commercial aircraft, with police later determining that a reported threat was unfounded.

The airport temporarily shut down operations after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued an alert warning of a security issue involving an aircraft.

Love Field spokeswoman Lauren Rounds said the airport had reopened by about 9 pm on November 14.

The Dallas Police Department said in a post on X that a threat had been made but was subsequently determined to be unfounded. Officials did not immediately provide further details about the nature of the threat or the aircraft involved.

Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans said emergency personnel were dispatched to the airport at 8:27 pm. The alert was cancelled seven minutes later, at 8:34 pm, he said.

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The incident came a day after a nationwide FAA ground stop disrupted air travel across the United States, triggering widespread delays and cancellations.

The FAA had lifted the ground stop on Friday night, but airlines continued working to restore schedules on Saturday. Passengers at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport and Love Field faced lingering disruptions as carriers adjusted operations following the nationwide halt.

The earlier ground stop was attributed to “extraordinary circumstances” caused by communications problems at regional air traffic control centres.

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