Ground stop at Newark Liberty (EWR), Nov 13, 2026

EndedNewark departures halted for 25 minutes due to airport volume

Started: Fri, Nov 13, 12:19 PM EST17:19 UTC
Ended: Fri, Nov 13, 12:44 PM EST17:44 UTC
Duration: 25 min
Cause: airport volume

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What happened

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

Cause: Too many flights were trying to use Newark's airport at once, so air traffic control stopped departures while light rain and gusty winds were also reported there.

The ground stop began at 17:19 UTC on November 13 and ended at 17:44 UTC, lasting 25 minutes. It was planned to run until 18:15 UTC, but it was lifted early. Departures from one air traffic control center were held.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
United Airlines UA	3	—
Republic Airways YX	2	—
Delta Air Lines DL	1	—
GoJet Airlines G7	1	—
Sun Country Airlines SY	1	—

Impact by region

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

Center	Status
Washington Center (ZDC)	Held

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 8 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 13, 12:19 PM EST
Ground stop issued at EWR for airport volume, until 1:15 pm EST. Departures held from ZDC.
Nov 13, 12:44 PM EST
Ground stop ended after 25 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 086 EWR/ZNY 11/13/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: EWR
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1716Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 13/1706Z - 13/1815Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZDC
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 188 / 65 / 47
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: VOLUME / VOLUME
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to EWR were held from 1 center (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 KEWR 131651Z 35015KT 10SM -RA BKN014 OVC019 04/02 A2961 RMK AO2 SLP026 P0002 T00440022 $ · observed Nov 13, 11:51 AM EST

Latest during the stop

MVFR

SPECI KEWR 131733Z 36012G20KT 10SM -RA BKN015 OVC021 04/02 A2962 RMK AO2 P0002 T00440022 $ · observed Nov 13, 12:33 PM EST

In the news

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

FAA Ground Stops Hit 5 US Airports: JFK, Newark & Boston Disrupted
Travel Tourister · Nov 13, 4:27 AM EST

Newark Liberty (EWR) live status →Every ground stop at EWR →Replay Nov 13, 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 EWR 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 EWR, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at EWR; 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 EWR 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 EWR, 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.