Ground stop at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL), Nov 4, 2026

EndedThunderstorms halt Atlanta flights for 55 minutes

Started: Wed, Nov 4, 5:33 PM EST22:33 UTC
Ended: Wed, Nov 4, 6:28 PM EST23:28 UTC
Duration: 55 min
Cause: thunderstorms

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What happened

AI-written · may contain mistakes. Written from the advisory text and weather only.

Cause: Thunderstorms at Atlanta's airport led air traffic control to hold departures bound for the airport until conditions allowed flights to resume.

The ground stop began at 22:33 UTC on November 4 and ended at 23:28 UTC, lasting 55 minutes. Departures were held from seven air traffic control centers, and the stop was not extended. Delays totaled 1,017 minutes, with a maximum of 62 minutes and an average of 27 minutes.

Impact by airline

Flights to and from ATL delayed 30+ minutes during the ground stop and the hour after it.

Delayed 30+ min: 56
Arrivals / departures: 42 / 14

Airline	Delayed	Avg delay	On ground	Holding
Delta Air Lines DL	41	60 min	18	—
Endeavor Air 9E	7	72 min	2	—
American Airlines AA	5	81 min	1	—
Frontier Airlines F9	1	32 min	5	—
Alaska Airlines AS	1	41 min	1	—
SkyWest Airlines OO	1	39 min	1	—

Delayed 30+ minOn ground / holding: most seen at once.

Held at origin

Flights to ATL still on the ground at their origin 15+ minutes past their scheduled departure while the stop was in effect. Held time is minutes past the scheduled departure.

Held at origin: 0
Average held: —
Longest: —

No inbound flight has been seen held at its origin during this stop.

Inbound in the air and diversions

Flights to ATL that had departed and not yet landed, at each arrivals board sample while the stop was in effect, and inbound flights that landed somewhere else instead.

Diverted: 0

Diversions

No inbound flight has been seen diverting during this stop.

Impact by region

Delayed arrivals by the air traffic control center they departed from. Held: departures from that center were stopped.

Center	Status	Delayed
Miami Center (ZMA)	Held	5
Indianapolis Center (ZID)	Held	3
Washington Center (ZDC)	Held	2
Jacksonville Center (ZJX)	Held	2
Houston Center (ZHU)	Held	1
Atlanta Center (ZTL)	Held	1
Memphis Center (ZME)	Held	0
Outside the US centers	Not held	13
Albuquerque Center (ZAB)	Not held	3
Boston Center (ZBW)	Not held	3
Chicago Center (ZAU)	Not held	2
Los Angeles Center (ZLA)	Not held	2
Minneapolis Center (ZMP)	Not held	2
New York Center (ZNY)	Not held	2
Oakland Center (ZOA)	Not held	1

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 35 on the ground, 0 holding nearby.

On the ground Holding nearby

Timeline

Every change published while the ground stop was in effect, as seen each minute.

Nov 4, 5:33 PM EST
Ground stop issued at ATL for thunderstorms, until 6:30 pm EST. Departures held from ZTL, ZDC, ZHU, ZJX and 3 more.
Nov 4, 6:28 PM EST
Ground stop ended after 55 min.

Advisories

The air traffic control advisories issued for this ground stop, as published.

ATCSCC ADVZY 079 ATL/ZTL 11/04/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: ATL
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 2230Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 04/2210Z - 04/2330Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZTL ZDC ZHU ZJX ZMA ZME ZID
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 1017 / 62 / 27
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to ATL were held from 7 centers (Manual).

Chance of extension: MEDIUM

Weather at the time

METAR, weather alerts and SIGMETs at the airport during the stop.

When it started

IFR

METAR KATL 042152Z 18009KT 9SM BKN008 BKN022 BKN045 BKN200 22/21 A2991 RMK AO2 RAB09E22 SLP122 CIG 006V010 P0000 T02170206 $ · observed Nov 4, 4:52 PM EST

Latest during the stop

IFR

METAR KATL 042252Z 15006KT 10SM BKN007 BKN015 BKN200 21/21 A2991 RMK AO2 SLP122 CIG 006V010 T02110206 $ · observed Nov 4, 5:52 PM EST

In the news

Headlines that mention this airport and the disruption. Links open the publisher.

Ground stop in effect at Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport
FOX 5 Atlanta · Nov 4, 11:53 AM EST
Ground stop issued at Atlanta airport because of thunderstorms
Atlanta News First · Nov 4, 11:37 AM EST

Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson (ATL) live status →Every ground stop at ATL →Replay Nov 4, 2026 on the map →Read the full advisory ↗What is a ground stop? →

How it is measured

Status, timeline, cause and held centers: the national airspace status feed, checked every minute, and the air traffic control advisories it links to.
Delays by airline and region: departures and arrivals at ATL 30 or more minutes late, by their estimated delay against the schedule, sampled every 10 minutes while the stop is active and once more after it ends.
Totals and cancellations: arrival and departure boards for ATL, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at ATL; cancelled is the airline's cancelled status; codeshares count once. Flights scheduled from the start until an hour after the end are counted.
Held at origin: the same arrivals boards, which carry each flight's scheduled and actual departure from its origin. A flight is held when it is still scheduled, not departed, 15 or more minutes past its scheduled departure at a sample taken during the stop. In scope: its origin is in a held center or listed facility; flights from elsewhere are late for other reasons.
Inbound in the air: the same arrivals boards. At each board taken during the stop, a flight to ATL is in the air when it has departed (en route, or with an actual departure time) and not landed, cancelled or diverted; one still shown in the air over an hour past its arrival estimate, or departed more than 18 hours earlier, is treated as stale and left out.
Diversions: an inbound flight marked diverted during the stop or the wrap-up after it (not one marked before it could have departed), or one still shown in the air 30+ minutes past its arrival estimate that ADS-B (by its ICAO call sign) then found on the ground at another airport, not its origin. The diversion airport is the airport ADS-B found it at, else the updated destination. Cancellations never count. Regional flights flown under another call sign can't be found on ADS-B, so their diversion airport may be unknown.
Aircraft on the ground and holding: ADS-B positions around ATL, every 5 minutes; the airline is read from the call sign. Holding counts airline flights only (passenger, regional and cargo), not private, military or medical flights.
Weather: METARs, SIGMETs and weather alerts.
News: headline links filtered to this airport and these days; we show titles and links only.

Data sources are listed on the credits page.