The Federal Aviation Administration canceled the ground stop for Las Vegas-bound flights Sunday afternoon and replaced it with a ground-delay program, citing wind at Harry Reid International Airport.
FAA advisory 138, issued at 2:55 p.m. Pacific on November 1, explicitly says the ground stop is canceled. It lists a program for arrivals estimated between 2:30 p.m. and 9:59 p.m. Pacific Sunday.
The program includes departures from the contiguous United States and 11 specified Canadian airports. Its scope is broader than the earlier ground stop, which covered five departure control centers. The Canadian list includes Toronto Pearson, Montreal, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Ottawa, Halifax, Quebec City, Billy Bishop Toronto City, Victoria and Kelowna.
The FAA lists an average assigned delay of 49 minutes and a maximum of 173 minutes for the program. These figures are not a prediction for every passenger’s flight. A ground-delay program assigns departure times to affected incoming flights to manage arrivals at the destination. Cancellation of the ground stop does not mean all delays have ended.
The National Weather Service airport page recorded west winds of 40 mph at 1:56 p.m. Pacific. Its afternoon forecast, updated at 1:42 p.m., calls for west-southwest winds of 16 to 18 mph, with gusts as high as 33 mph.
Passengers should check their airline for their own departure, arrival and connection status. The FAA’s airport-status service describes general conditions, which may differ from those affecting an individual flight.
