Ground stop at Miami (MIA), Nov 2, 2026

EndedThunderstorms halt departures from Miami airport for 45 minutes

Started: Mon, Nov 2, 2:13 PM EST19:13 UTC
Ended: Mon, Nov 2, 2:58 PM EST19:58 UTC
Duration: 45 min
Cause: thunderstorms

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What happened

AI-written · may contain mistakes. Written from the advisory text and weather only.

Cause: Thunderstorms in the Miami area led air traffic control to stop flights from departing Miami, with a severe weather advisory over the airport.

The ground stop began at 19:13 UTC on November 2, 2026, and was scheduled to run until 3:00 pm Eastern. It ended at 19:58 UTC after 45 minutes. Delays grew during the stop, and officials had rated the chance of an extension as medium.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
American Airlines AA	2	—
Envoy Air MQ	1	—
Frontier Airlines F9	1	—
Virgin Atlantic VS	1	—

Impact by region

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

Center	Status
Jacksonville Center (ZJX)	Held
Miami Center (ZMA)	Held
Memphis Center (ZME)	Held
Atlanta Center (ZTL)	Held

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 4 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 2, 2:13 PM EST
Ground stop issued at MIA for thunderstorms, until 3:00 pm EST. Departures held from ZTL, ZJX, ZMA, ZME.
Nov 2, 2:58 PM EST
Ground stop ended after 45 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 084 MIA/ZMA 11/02/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: MIA
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1907Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 02/1832Z - 02/2000Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZTL ZJX ZMA ZME
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 595 / 118 / 46
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 1192 / 189 / 92
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to MIA were held from 4 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 KMIA 021853Z 10015KT 10SM SCT030 SCT060 SCT130 BKN250 29/22 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP136 CB DSNT SE-SW-NW MOV NW T02890217 $ · observed Nov 2, 1:53 PM EST

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 48E.

Latest during the stop

VFR

METAR KMIA 021953Z 10015KT 10SM SCT027 BKN070 BKN130 OVC200 28/22 A2994 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT SW SLP138 CB DSNT E-S-W-NW MOV NW T02830222 $ · observed Nov 2, 2:53 PM EST

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 48E.

In the news

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

Miami and Fort Lauderdale Airports Hit by FAA Ground Stops as Thunderstorms Strike
Rus Tourism News · Nov 2, 2:27 PM EST

Miami (MIA) live status →Every ground stop at MIA →Replay Nov 2, 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 MIA 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 MIA, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at MIA; 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 MIA 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 MIA, 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.