Ground stop at Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX), Oct 10, 2026

EndedThunderstorms halt Phoenix Sky Harbor departures for 47 minutes

Started: Sat, Oct 10, 1:26 PM MST20:26 UTC
Ended: Sat, Oct 10, 2:13 PM MST21:13 UTC
Duration: 47 min
Cause: thunderstorms

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What happened

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

Cause: Thunderstorms moving toward Phoenix Sky Harbor from the west, with rain and lightning at the airport, led air traffic control to stop departures.

The ground stop began at 20:26 UTC on October 10, 2026, holding departures from one air traffic control center. At 20:36 UTC it was widened to hold departures from a second center too, and a new advisory was issued. It ended at 21:13 UTC, after 47 minutes.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
American Airlines AA	10	—
SkyWest Airlines OO	5	—
Southwest Airlines WN	5	—
Envoy Air MQ	3	—
Delta Air Lines DL	1	—
Frontier Airlines F9	1	—
JetBlue B6	1	—
United Airlines UA	1	—
UPS Airlines 5X	1	—
WestJet WS	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

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 26 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 10, 1:26 PM MST
Ground stop issued at PHX for thunderstorms, until 3:30 pm MDT. Departures held from ZAB.
Oct 10, 1:36 PM MST
Reason changed to thunderstorms.
Oct 10, 1:36 PM MST
Scope widened: departures now also held from ZLA.
Oct 10, 1:36 PM MST
New advisory issued.
Read the advisory ↗
Oct 10, 1:37 PM MST
Reason changed to thunderstorms.
Oct 10, 2:13 PM MST
Ground stop ended after 47 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 067 PHX/ZAB 10/10/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: PHX
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 2030Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 10/2009Z - 10/2130Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZAB ZLA
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 57 / 57 / 4
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 510 / 59 / 36
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS: TSTM APPROACHING FIELD FROM WEST

Original advisory ↗

ATCSCC ADVZY 066 PHX/ZAB 10/10/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: PHX
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 2024Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 10/2009Z - 10/2130Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Internal) ZAB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 141 / 72 / 47
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to PHX were held from 2 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

SPECI KPHX 102007Z 13015G23KT 10SM FEW000 SCT090 SCT120 BKN170 BKN200 35/13 A2963 RMK AO2 OCNL LTGCG DSNT SW-W BLDU FEW000 CB DSNT SW-W T03500128 $ · observed Oct 10, 1:07 PM MST

Dust Storm Warning · Dust Storm Warning issued October 10 at 1:03PM MST until October 10 at 1:45PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ
Wind Advisory · Wind Advisory issued October 10 at 12:02PM MST until October 11 at 5:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 42W, ZAB CWA 302.

Latest during the stop

VFR

METAR KPHX 102051Z 27017G31KT 8SM TSRA FEW047 SCT075 BKN095CB OVC130 26/19 A2967 RMK AO2 PK WND 26038/2033 WSHFT 2014 RAB51 TSB23 SLP030 OCNL LTGCG OHD AND ALQDS TS OHD AND ALQDS MOV NW P0000 60000 T02610194 55007 $ · observed Oct 10, 1:51 PM MST

Dust Advisory · Dust Advisory issued October 10 at 1:43PM MST until October 10 at 2:45PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ
Wind Advisory · Wind Advisory issued October 10 at 12:02PM MST until October 11 at 5:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 48W.

In the news

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

Dust storm, rain hit Phoenix area as Tropical Storm Rachel nears Baja California
AZ Family · Oct 10, 1:34 PM MST
Dust wall moving through the Valley; Sky Harbor issues ground stop due to thunderstorms
12News · Oct 10, 1:24 PM MST

Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) live status →Every ground stop at PHX →Replay Oct 10, 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 PHX 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 PHX, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at PHX; 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 PHX 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 PHX, 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.