The Federal Aviation Administration listed several airports where it may hold or delay incoming flights on Sunday, Nov. 15. The earliest possible restrictions would start at 6 a.m. Central in Dallas, Austin and San Antonio. Denver, both Houston airports, San Diego, the Seattle area and San Francisco follow later in the morning.
The FAA’s Sunday operations plan is a forecast. The agency had not issued those airport-specific restrictions as of Saturday evening. The plan lists thunderstorms near Dallas Fort Worth and Dallas Love Field. The National Weather Service in Houston also expects rain and thunderstorms Sunday.
When restrictions could begin
These are the earliest times in the advisory, converted to each airport’s local time. A flight may still run as scheduled.
- 6 a.m. Central: Dallas Fort Worth (DFW), Dallas Love Field (DAL), Austin (AUS) and San Antonio (SAT).
- 7 a.m. Mountain: Denver (DEN).
- 9 a.m. Central: Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental (IAH) and William P. Hobby (HOU).
- 8 a.m. Pacific: San Diego (SAN).
- 9 a.m. Pacific: Seattle-Tacoma (SEA), Boeing Field (BFI) and San Francisco (SFO).
What to check before leaving
A ground stop keeps affected flights at their departure airports. A ground delay program can assign later takeoff slots to space arrivals. The Sunday plan lists a ground stop as possible at Love Field, San Antonio and Hobby, and either a stop or a delay program at the other airports above.
Check your specific flights with the airline, including any connection through an airport on the list. The FAA’s live status board shows which restrictions are actually in effect and separates them from the forecast.
Friday’s nationwide ground stop ended that evening. On Saturday the FAA said airlines expected their schedules to recover by the end of Sunday. The new airport-by-airport plan gives travelers a separate set of possible delays to watch as airlines work through that recovery.
