The Federal Aviation Administration ordered some Delta flights bound for New York’s LaGuardia Airport to stay on the ground Saturday afternoon, Nov. 14. The FAA’s signed advisory schedules the stop through 5:30 p.m. Eastern. The agency issued the order at Delta’s request.
The stop began at 3:47 p.m. Eastern. It covers Delta and its subsidiaries at selected departure airports in the United States and Canada. The FAA projected an average delay of 46 minutes and a maximum of 86 minutes for the flights it included. The FAA may extend the order, and the delay on any individual flight can change.
Check the flight before leaving
Use Delta’s flight status for your flight number or check LaGuardia’s arrivals board if you’re meeting someone. Saturday’s board shows flight-by-flight statuses, including Delta cancellations. The FAA advisory does not identify which individual cancellations came from the afternoon stop.
If LaGuardia is your connection, look up your onward flight separately. Contact Delta if the new arrival time leaves too little time to connect. If you’re departing from LaGuardia, check that flight too. The FAA order applies to inbound flights waiting at their departure airports. A delayed inbound aircraft can still affect a later departure from LaGuardia.
Friday’s nationwide ground stop ended Friday evening. Saturday afternoon’s advisory names Delta and its subsidiaries and applies to flights headed to LaGuardia.
