Ground stop at New York LaGuardia (LGA), Nov 6, 2026

EndedThunderstorms halt LaGuardia departures for over three hours

Started: Fri, Nov 6, 1:31 PM EST18:31 UTC
Ended: Fri, Nov 6, 4:55 PM EST21:55 UTC
Duration: 3 hr 24 min
Cause: thunderstorms; Extended 2 times

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What happened

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Cause: Thunderstorms in the New York area led air traffic control to hold departures headed to LaGuardia, and light rain was reported at the airport during the stop.

The ground stop began at 18:31 UTC, holding departures from several air traffic control centers. It was extended at 19:33 UTC to 4:00 pm EST, then partly lifted at 20:25 UTC for some centers and extended again to 5:00 pm EST. It ended at 21:55 UTC, after 3 hours 24 minutes.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
American Airlines AA	10	—
Delta Air Lines DL	10	—
Republic Airways YX	8	—
Endeavor Air 9E	5	—
Southwest Airlines WN	4	—
JetBlue B6	2	—
United Airlines UA	1	—

Impact by region

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

Center	Status
Boston Center (ZBW)	Held
Washington Center (ZDC)	Held
New York Center (ZNY)	Held
Cleveland Center (ZOB)	Held

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 33 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, 1:31 PM EST
Ground stop issued at LGA for thunderstorms, until 2:45 pm EST. Departures held from ZAU, ZTL, ZDC, ZNY and 5 more.
Nov 6, 2:32 PM EST
New advisory issued.
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Nov 6, 2:33 PM EST
Extended until 4:00 pm EST.
Nov 6, 3:25 PM EST
Scope narrowed: departures from ZAU, ZTL, ZJX, ZID and 1 more released.
Nov 6, 3:25 PM EST
New advisory issued.
Read the advisory ↗
Nov 6, 3:26 PM EST
Extended until 5:00 pm EST.
Nov 6, 4:55 PM EST
Ground stop ended after 3 hr 24 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 107 LGA/ZNY 11/06/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: LGA
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 2020Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 06/1919Z - 06/2200Z
CUMULATIVE PROGRAM PERIOD: 06/1400Z - 07/0259Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZDC ZNY ZOB ZBW  CYHZ CYOW CYUL
 CYYZ CYTZ CYQB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 5444 / 321 / 151
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 7657 / 380 / 213
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS: REDUCED SCOPE TO 1ST TIER + CZY, GROUND STOP FOR ZMP, ZAU,
 ZID, ZTL, AND ZJX CANCELED A/C RELEASED AT OR AFTER EDCT UNTIL 2130Z

Original advisory ↗

ATCSCC ADVZY 101 LGA/ZNY 11/06/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: LGA
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1929Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 06/1919Z - 06/2100Z
CUMULATIVE PROGRAM PERIOD: 06/1400Z - 07/0259Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (2ndTier+CZY_AP) ZAU ZTL ZDC ZNY ZJX ZOB ZBW
 ZID ZMP  CYHZ CYOW CYUL CYYZ CYTZ CYQB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 6357 / 282 / 91
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 11152 / 402 / 159
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

ATCSCC ADVZY 086 LGA/ZNY 11/06/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: LGA
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1825Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 06/1815Z - 06/1945Z
CUMULATIVE PROGRAM PERIOD: 06/1400Z - 07/0259Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (2ndTier+CZY_AP) ZAU ZTL ZDC ZNY ZJX ZOB ZBW
 ZID ZMP  CYHZ CYOW CYUL CYYZ CYTZ CYQB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 4541 / 214 / 77
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 7629 / 282 / 129
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
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 LGA 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 LGA, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at LGA; 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 LGA 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 LGA, 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.