Sean Duffy reveals when delays at airports should finally ease after pandemonium ground stop

详细摘要

The transportation secretary gave a short timeline for when flights should resume normal operation. In the meantime, more than 1.5 million passengers have been left stranded.

Published: 19:36 GMT, 15 November 2026 | Updated: 19:38 GMT, 15 November 2026

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has said that delays at airports across the country could end as soon as Sunday evening, or Monday night at the latest.

Duffy's announcement came after a sudden nationwide ground stop on Friday that halted flight departures across the US for nearly four and a half hours, leaving travelers stranded and airports trying to catch up to the backlog.

The transportation secretary made appearances on various morning shows Sunday, including Face the Nation, where he said the disruptions should stop by the 'end of today, end of tomorrow.'

'As we look to the end of the day and into tomorrow, we should be running at full capacity,' Duffy added.

In the meantime, more than 1.5 million passengers have been left stranded with thousands of flights canceled as airports and airlines contend with the worst aviation crisis since 9/11.

Travelers have been forced to sleep at airports and scramble to adjust their plans as more than 8,400 flights in the US have been canceled and 14,700 flights delayed across Saturday and Sunday, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware.

Duffy said on Saturday that a contractor, L3Harris, was replacing old technology at a 'remote location' when the air traffic control communications issue began.

The transportation secretary said that a contractor was doing maintenance at at least one of four remote Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) locations and was switching lines from old copper wire to fiber before communications stalled.

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