The Federal Aviation Administration grounded all domestic flights across the United States on Wednesday morning amid a computer system outage, and North Texas travelers are feeling the impact.
Shortly before 7 a.m., the agency ordered airlines to pause all domestic departures for the next several hours as officials worked to repair the system.
The issue with the computer system impacted the agency’s ability to issue NOTAMs, a source with knowledge of the situation told NBC News.
According to the FAA website, a NOTAM, otherwise known as a “Notice to Air Missions,” contains essential information for personnel involved with flight operations.
The FAA said these notices alert flight personnel of abnormal statuses within the National Airspace System.
As of 7 a.m., 2,136 Southwest Airlines flights were delayed and 150 flights were canceled, according to the website FlightAware.
These travel disruptions come after the Dallas-based airline canceled 15,000 flights around Christmas and left holiday travelers stranded.
American Airlines saw 292 flight delays and 101 flight cancellations as of 7 a.m.
The Fort Worth-based airline issued a statement on Twitter informing travelers that the airline is monitoring the situation and working to minimize disruptions.
According to FlightAware, 119 flights were delayed out of Dallas Love Field airport and 4 flights were canceled.
At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, 43 flights were delayed and 12 flights were canceled.
The FAA announced in a tweet that the nationwide ground stop had been lifted and normal air traffic operations were gradually resuming shortly before 8 a.m. following the Notice to Air Missions system outage.
According to the FAA, the agency is continuing to look into the cause of the initial outage.
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