Ground stop at New York JFK (JFK), Oct 17, 2026

EndedWind halts JFK departures for 1 hour 38 minutes

Started: Sat, Oct 17, 3:33 PM EDT19:33 UTC
Ended: Sat, Oct 17, 5:11 PM EDT21:11 UTC
Duration: 1 hr 38 min
Cause: wind; Extended 1 time

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What happened

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Cause: Strong, gusty winds at JFK led air traffic control to hold departing flights until conditions allowed them to resume.

The ground stop began at 19:33 UTC on October 17 and held departures from one air traffic control center. At 20:27 UTC it was extended to 5:30 pm EDT. It ended at 21:11 UTC, after 1 hour 38 minutes and before the extended end time.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
JetBlue B6	16	—
Delta Air Lines DL	12	—
Republic Airways YX	5	—
American Airlines AA	4	—
Endeavor Air 9E	3	—
Alaska Airlines AS	2	—
Aer Lingus EI	2	—
Swiss LX	2	—
Air France AF	1	—
Aeroméxico AM	1	—
Air Transport International 8C	1	—
Etihad Airways EY	1	—
Iberia IB	1	—
ITA Airways AZ	1	—
KLM KL	1	—

Impact by region

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

Center	Status
Cleveland Center (ZOB)	Held

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 44 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.

Oct 17, 3:33 PM EDT
Ground stop issued at JFK for wind, until 4:30 pm EDT. Departures held from ZOB.
Oct 17, 4:27 PM EDT
Reason changed to wind.
Oct 17, 4:27 PM EDT
Extended until 5:30 pm EDT.
Oct 17, 4:27 PM EDT
New advisory issued.
Read the advisory ↗
Oct 17, 4:28 PM EDT
Reason changed to wind.
Oct 17, 5:11 PM EDT
Ground stop ended after 1 hr 38 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 111 JFK/ZNY 10/17/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: JFK
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 2021Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 17/2011Z - 17/2130Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZOB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 136 / 60 / 17
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 493 / 120 / 62
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / WIND
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

ATCSCC ADVZY 101 JFK/ZNY 10/17/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: JFK
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1930Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 17/1920Z - 17/2030Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZOB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 141 / 65 / 35
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / WIND
COMMENTS: SEVERE TURBULENCE CAUSING LOSS OF ROUTES.

Original advisory ↗

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 JFK 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 JFK, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at JFK; 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 JFK 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 JFK, 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.