Ground stop at New York JFK (JFK), Nov 6, 2026

EndedThunderstorms halt departures at JFK for just over an hour

Started: Fri, Nov 6, 11:04 AM EST16:04 UTC
Ended: Fri, Nov 6, 12:15 PM EST17:15 UTC
Duration: 1 hr 11 min
Cause: thunderstorms

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What happened

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Cause: Thunderstorms led air traffic control to hold departing flights at JFK on the ground until conditions allowed them to resume.

A ground stop for departures at JFK began at 16:04 UTC on November 6, 2026, and ended at 17:15 UTC, after 1 hour 11 minutes. Departures were held from one air traffic control center. The advisory reported a total of 1,305 delays, with an average of 218 per flight, and rated the chance of an extension as medium.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
JetBlue B6	19	—
Delta Air Lines DL	6	—
Endeavor Air 9E	4	—
American Airlines AA	2	—
Alaska Airlines AS	2	—
Republic Airways YX	2	—
Asiana Airlines OZ	1	—
British Airways BA	1	—
Cathay Pacific CX	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 37 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 6, 11:04 AM EST
Ground stop issued at JFK for thunderstorms, until 12:15 pm EST. Departures held from ZDC.
Nov 6, 12:15 PM EST
Ground stop ended after 1 hr 11 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 060 JFK/ZNY 11/06/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: JFK
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1558Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 06/1548Z - 06/1715Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZDC
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 1305 / 342 / 218
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS: INTERNAL TO ZDC ONLY NO ROUTES

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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.