Ground stop at Austin-Bergstrom (AUS), Oct 16, 2026

EndedConstruction halts departures from Austin airport for 19 minutes

Started: Fri, Oct 16, 9:55 AM CDT14:55 UTC
Ended: Fri, Oct 16, 10:14 AM CDT15:14 UTC
Duration: 19 min
Cause: runway construction

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What happened

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Cause: Construction work on the runway and a closed taxiway, along with low clouds and gusty winds, forced air traffic control to hold departures heading to Austin.

A ground stop on departures to Austin-Bergstrom began at 14:55 UTC on October 16, 2026, and was lifted at 15:14 UTC, after 19 minutes. The reason was changed to runway construction two minutes after it started. The advisory warned of a medium chance of extension, but the stop did not last beyond its 19 minutes.

Impact by airline

Aircraft seen on the ground at AUS and holding nearby, by airline.

Airline numbers appear after the first sample, within about 20 minutes of the start.

Impact by region

Air traffic control centers whose departures to the airport were held.

Center	Status
Albuquerque Center (ZAB)	Held
Fort Worth Center (ZFW)	Held
Jacksonville Center (ZJX)	Held
Miami Center (ZMA)	Held
Memphis Center (ZME)	Held
Atlanta Center (ZTL)	Held

Timeline

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

Oct 16, 9:55 AM CDT
Ground stop issued at AUS for rwy, until 10:45 am CDT. Departures held from ZTL, ZJX, ZFW, ZMA and 2 more.
Oct 16, 9:57 AM CDT
Reason changed to runway construction.
Oct 16, 10:14 AM CDT
Ground stop ended after 19 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 067 AUS/ZHU 10/16/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: AUS
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1451Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 16/1440Z - 16/1545Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZTL ZJX ZFW ZMA ZME ZAB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 412 / 59 / 34
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: RWY-TAXI / CONSTRUCTION
COMMENTS: AAR REDUCED DUE TO TWY C CLOSURE & LOW CEILINGS. EXPECT GDP
 PRIOR T0 1515Z SPT.

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to AUS were held from 6 centers (Manual).

Chance of extension: MEDIUM

Weather at the time

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

When it started

MVFR

METAR KAUS 161353Z 36022G30KT 10SM OVC020 18/13 A3030 RMK AO2 PK WND 03033/1254 SLP254 T01830133 $ · observed Oct 16, 8:53 AM CDT

Wind Advisory · Wind Advisory issued October 15 at 11:50PM CDT until October 16 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Austin/San Antonio TX

Latest during the stop

METAR KAUS 161453Z 36022G32KT OVC022 18/13 A3034 RMK AO2 PK WND 35032/1419 SLP269 T01780128 53033 $ · observed Oct 16, 9:53 AM CDT

Wind Advisory · Wind Advisory issued October 15 at 11:50PM CDT until October 16 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Austin/San Antonio TX

Austin-Bergstrom (AUS) live status →Every ground stop at AUS →Replay Oct 16, 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 AUS 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 AUS, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at AUS; 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 AUS 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 AUS, 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.