Ground stop at Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX), Nov 1, 2026

EndedWind halts departures from Phoenix Sky Harbor for 76 minutes

Started: Sun, Nov 1, 12:04 PM MST19:04 UTC
Ended: Sun, Nov 1, 1:20 PM MST20:20 UTC
Duration: 1 hr 16 min
Cause: wind; Extended 1 time

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What happened

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

Cause: Wind shifting the airport's runway setup meant fewer planes could land each hour, so departures to Phoenix were held.

The ground stop began at 19:04 UTC and was first linked to airspace volume, with departures held from one air traffic control center. At 19:31 UTC it widened to include departures from two more centers, and it was then given wind as the reason and extended until 1:30 pm MST. It ended at 20:20 UTC, after 1 hour and 16 minutes.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
American Airlines AA	21	—
Southwest Airlines WN	7	—
SkyWest Airlines OO	4	—
Delta Air Lines DL	3	—
Envoy Air MQ	3	—
United Airlines UA	2	—
Aeroméxico AM	1	—
Alaska Airlines AS	1	—
JetBlue B6	1	—
Breeze Airways MX	1	—
Piedmont Airlines PT	1	—
Porter Airlines PD	1	—
Air Canada Rouge RV	1	—
Volaris Y4	1	—
Contour Airlines VTE	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 44 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 1, 12:04 PM MST
Ground stop issued at PHX for volume, until 12:45 pm MST.
Nov 1, 12:06 PM MST
Reason changed to airspace volume.
Nov 1, 12:06 PM MST
Chance of extension now medium.
Nov 1, 12:06 PM MST
Departures held from ZLA.
Nov 1, 12:31 PM MST
Scope widened: departures now also held from ZOA, ZAB.
Nov 1, 12:31 PM MST
New advisory issued.
Read the advisory ↗
Nov 1, 12:32 PM MST
Reason changed to wind.
Nov 1, 12:32 PM MST
Extended until 1:30 pm MST.
Nov 1, 1:20 PM MST
Ground stop ended after 1 hr 16 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 115 PHX/ZAB 11/01/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: PHX
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1924Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 01/1914Z - 01/2030Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZLA ZOA ZAB
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 119 / 43 / 5
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 948 / 88 / 40
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / WIND
COMMENTS: WIND SHIFT TO EAST CONFIG, LOWER AAR.

Original advisory ↗

ATCSCC ADVZY 112 PHX/ZAB 11/01/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: PHX
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1903Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 01/1848Z - 01/1945Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZLA
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 136 / 48 / 15
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: VOLUME / VOLUME
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to PHX were held from 3 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 KPHX 011851Z 15008KT 7SM -RA SCT009 BKN055 OVC095 20/19 A2984 RMK AO2 SLP093 P0010 T02000189 $ · observed Nov 1, 11:51 AM MST

Flash Flood Warning · Flash Flood Warning issued November 1 at 10:38AM MST until November 1 at 12:15PM MST by NWS Phoenix AZ

Latest during the stop

VFR

SPECI KPHX 011954Z VRB03KT 10SM FEW010 SCT035 BKN090 BKN160 20/17 A2980 RMK AO2 PRESRR T02000167 $ · observed Nov 1, 12:54 PM MST

In the news

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

Flooding leads to evacuations in northern Arizona, rain forces ground stop at Sky Harbor
12News · Nov 1, 6:55 AM MST

Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) live status →Every ground stop at PHX →Replay Nov 1, 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.