Ground stop at Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX), Oct 11, 2026

EndedStrong winds halt departures at Phoenix Sky Harbor for 55 minutes

Started: Sun, Oct 11, 8:48 AM MST15:48 UTC
Ended: Sun, Oct 11, 9:43 AM MST16:43 UTC
Duration: 55 min
Cause: wind

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What happened

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Cause: Strong winds at Phoenix Sky Harbor, with gusts to about 29 knots, led air traffic control to hold departures there.

The ground stop began at 15:48 UTC on October 11 and ended at 16:43 UTC, lasting 55 minutes. Departures were held from two air traffic control centers. Officials said early on that an extension was unlikely, and it was not extended.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
American Airlines AA	31	—
Southwest Airlines WN	12	—
SkyWest Airlines OO	8	—
Envoy Air MQ	3	—
Frontier Airlines F9	2	—
United Airlines UA	2	—
Alaska Airlines AS	1	—
Delta Air Lines DL	1	—
Air Canada Rouge RV	1	—
Contour Airlines VTE	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 61 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 11, 8:48 AM MST
Ground stop issued at PHX for wind, until 10:45 am MDT. Departures held from ZLA, ZAB.
Oct 11, 8:50 AM MST
Chance of extension now low.
Oct 11, 9:43 AM MST
Ground stop ended after 55 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 071 PHX/ZAB 10/11/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: PHX
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1543Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 11/1533Z - 11/1645Z
CUMULATIVE PROGRAM PERIOD: 11/1430Z - 11/1759Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZLA ZAB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 667 / 94 / 33
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 1370 / 153 / 68
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: LOW
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / WIND
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to PHX were held from 2 centers (Manual).

Chance of extension: LOW

Weather at the time

METAR, weather alerts and SIGMETs at the airport during the stop.

When it started

VFR

METAR KPHX 111451Z 19021G36KT 10SM FEW043 BKN070 BKN095 25/18 A2964 RMK AO2 PK WND 20036/1450 RAB1358E08 SLP021 P0000 60026 T02500183 51020 $ · observed Oct 11, 7:51 AM MST

Flash Flood Warning · Flash Flood Warning issued October 11 at 7:15AM MST until October 11 at 11:15AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ
Wind Advisory · Wind Advisory issued October 11 at 12:23AM MST until October 11 at 5:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

Latest during the stop

VFR

SPECI KPHX 111603Z COR 17020G29KT 10SM FEW043 SCT070 SCT095 26/18 A2969 RMK AO2 PK WND 19029/1602 T02610183 $ · observed Oct 11, 9:03 AM MST

Flash Flood Warning · Flash Flood Warning issued October 11 at 7:15AM MST until October 11 at 11:15AM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ
Wind Advisory · Wind Advisory issued October 11 at 12:23AM MST until October 11 at 5:00PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

In the news

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

Wind triggers ground stop at Phoenix Sky Harbor
azcentral.com and The Arizona Republic · Oct 11, 8:58 AM MST

Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) live status →Every ground stop at PHX →Replay Oct 11, 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.