Ground stop at Houston Hobby (HOU), Nov 3, 2026

EndedThunderstorms halt departures from Houston Hobby for about an hour

Started: Tue, Nov 3, 12:24 PM CST18:24 UTC
Ended: Tue, Nov 3, 1:30 PM CST19:30 UTC
Duration: 1 hr 6 min
Cause: thunderstorms

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What happened

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Cause: Thunderstorms with heavy rain and lightning near Houston Hobby led air traffic control to stop departures there for safety.

The ground stop began at 18:24 UTC on November 3, 2026, halting departures from Houston Hobby. It ended at 19:30 UTC, after 1 hour and 6 minutes, when it had been scheduled to end. Departures had been held from two air traffic control centers.

Impact by airline

Aircraft seen on the ground at HOU 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
Fort Worth Center (ZFW)	Held
Houston Center (ZHU)	Held

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 0 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 3, 12:24 PM CST
Ground stop issued at HOU for thunderstorms, until 1:30 pm CST. Departures held from ZHU, ZFW.
Nov 3, 1:30 PM CST
Ground stop ended after 1 hr 6 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 062 HOU/ZHU 11/03/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: HOU
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1819Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 03/1809Z - 03/1930Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZHU ZFW
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 392 / 74 / 39
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to HOU were held from 2 centers (Manual).

Chance of extension: MEDIUM

Weather at the time

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

When it started

VFR

METAR KHOU 031753Z 19012G20KT 10SM SCT030 SCT060 BKN080 BKN250 31/22 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP118 T03060217 10317 20228 58015 · observed Nov 3, 11:53 AM CST

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 82C.

Latest during the stop

VFR

SPECI KHOU 031915Z 17005KT 8SM -TSRA SCT035CB BKN045 OVC070 27/23 A2983 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT NW TSB15 OCNL LTGIC E-SW TS E-SW MOV NE P0001 T02670233 · observed Nov 3, 1:15 PM CST

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 84C.

In the news

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

Thunderstorms prompt ground stops at Bush, Hobby airports
Houston Chronicle · Nov 3, 1:40 PM CST
FAA Warns of Flight Delays at Houston, Austin and Memphis Airports
Rus Tourism News · Nov 3, 12:44 PM CST

Houston Hobby (HOU) live status →Every ground stop at HOU →Replay Nov 3, 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 HOU 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 HOU, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at HOU; 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 HOU 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 HOU, 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.