Ground stop at Las Vegas Harry Reid (LAS), Oct 16, 2026

EndedStaffing shortages halt Las Vegas departures for 32 minutes

Started: Fri, Oct 16, 10:43 PM PDT05:43 UTC
Ended: Fri, Oct 16, 11:15 PM PDT06:15 UTC
Duration: 32 min
Cause: STAFFING

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What happened

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Cause: Air traffic control staffing shortages led the airport to hold departures from three air traffic control centers. Weather at the airport was clear and calm.

The ground stop began at 05:43 UTC on October 17, 2026, and was set to run until 11:30 pm Pacific time. It was lifted at 06:15 UTC, after 32 minutes, so it was not extended.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
Southwest Airlines WN	10	—
American Airlines AA	8	—
Frontier Airlines F9	7	—
Alaska Airlines AS	3	—
Delta Air Lines DL	2	—
JetBlue B6	2	—
JSX XE	1	—
Breeze Airways MX	1	—
United Airlines UA	1	—
Virgin Atlantic VS	1	—

Impact by region

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

Center	Status
Albuquerque Center (ZAB)	Held
Los Angeles Center (ZLA)	Held
Oakland Center (ZOA)	Held

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 36 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 16, 10:43 PM PDT
Ground stop issued at LAS for staffing, until 11:30 pm PDT. Departures held from ZLA, ZOA, ZAB.
Oct 16, 11:15 PM PDT
Ground stop ended after 32 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 041 LAS/ZLA 10/17/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: LAS
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 0536Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 17/0530Z - 17/0630Z
CUMULATIVE PROGRAM PERIOD: 16/1700Z - 17/0659Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZLA ZOA ZAB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 441 / 207 / 34
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 1212 / 283 / 93
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: STAFFING / STAFFING
COMMENTS:

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