Equipment issue prompts ground stop at DC region airports
The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ground stop for D.C. area airports on Sunday afternoon, delaying some of the region’s largest travel hubs.
Reagan, Dulles and Richmond were among the airports affected. BWI had previously been on a ground stop order, but that was lifted around 6:30 p.m.
ALERT: A previous @FAAnews ground stop impacting flights to/from BWI Marshall Airport has been lifted. Departures have resumed.
Please check with your airline for flight status if you are traveling this evening. #MDOTsafety #airports
— BWI Marshall Airport (@BWI_Airport) June 25, 2023
According to the FAA, the ground stop was ordered so repairs could be made to communication systems at the Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control facility in Warrenton, Virginia.
The ground stop had initially impacted all incoming flights, with the exception of those coming in from New York. The FAA later tweeted that flights inbound to the D.C. region from the West Coast, Midwest and Florida had resumed as normal.