Ground stop at Raleigh-Durham (RDU), Oct 11, 2026

EndedThunderstorms halt departures from Raleigh-Durham for 1 hour 29 minutes

Started: Sun, Oct 11, 12:17 PM EDT16:17 UTC
Ended: Sun, Oct 11, 1:46 PM EDT17:46 UTC
Duration: 1 hr 29 min
Cause: thunderstorms; Extended 1 time

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What happened

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Cause: Severe thunderstorms near Raleigh-Durham airport, including tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings, made it unsafe for planes to take off there.

The ground stop began at 16:17 UTC and was first set to last until 1:15 pm EDT. At 17:08 UTC it was extended until 1:45 pm EDT, and departures were held from seven air traffic control centers. It ended at 17:46 UTC, after 1 hour 29 minutes.

Impact by airline

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

Airline numbers appear after the first sample, within about 20 minutes of the start.

Impact by region

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

Center	Status
Boston Center (ZBW)	Held
Washington Center (ZDC)	Held
Indianapolis Center (ZID)	Held
Jacksonville Center (ZJX)	Held
New York Center (ZNY)	Held
Cleveland Center (ZOB)	Held
Atlanta Center (ZTL)	Held

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 0 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, 12:17 PM EDT
Ground stop issued at RDU for thunderstorms, until 1:15 pm EDT. Departures held from ZTL, ZDC, ZNY, ZJX and 3 more.
Oct 11, 12:19 PM EDT
Chance of extension now medium.
Oct 11, 1:07 PM EDT
New advisory issued.
Read the advisory ↗
Oct 11, 1:08 PM EDT
Extended until 1:45 pm EDT.
Oct 11, 1:46 PM EDT
Ground stop ended after 1 hr 29 min.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 078 RDU/ZDC 10/11/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: RDU
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1701Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 11/1601Z - 11/1745Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (1stTier) ZTL ZDC ZNY ZJX ZOB ZBW ZID
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 305 / 64 / 17
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 739 / 94 / 41
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

ATCSCC ADVZY 074 RDU/ZDC 10/11/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: RDU
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1611Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 11/1601Z - 11/1715Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (1stTier) ZTL ZDC ZNY ZJX ZOB ZBW ZID
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 361 / 66 / 36
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS:

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to RDU were held from 7 centers (1stTier).

Chance of extension: MEDIUM

Weather at the time

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

When it started

IFR

SPECI KRDU 111607Z 15010KT 1SM +TSRA BR SCT015CB BKN041 OVC095 24/23 A2993 RMK AO2 TSB00 OCNL LTGICCC OHD-SW-NW TS OHD-SW-NW MOV NE P0007 T02440233 $ · observed Oct 11, 12:07 PM EDT

Tornado Warning · Tornado Warning issued October 11 at 12:12PM EDT until October 11 at 1:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Tornado Warning · Tornado Warning issued October 11 at 12:06PM EDT until October 11 at 12:15PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Tornado Watch · Tornado Watch issued October 11 at 11:59AM EDT until October 11 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 82E.

Latest during the stop

VFR

SPECI KRDU 111707Z 22007KT 10SM SCT011 BKN042 BKN070 BKN200 24/22 A2990 RMK AO2 RAE00 TSE1656 PRESFR OCNL LTGIC DSNT NE-N AND SE P0006 T02390222 $ · observed Oct 11, 1:07 PM EDT

Tornado Warning · Tornado Warning issued October 11 at 1:40PM EDT until October 11 at 2:15PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Tornado Warning · Tornado Warning issued October 11 at 1:30PM EDT until October 11 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Tornado Warning · Tornado Warning issued October 11 at 1:29PM EDT until October 11 at 2:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Tornado Watch · Tornado Watch issued October 11 at 11:59AM EDT until October 11 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC
Severe Thunderstorm Warning · Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued October 11 at 1:40PM EDT until October 11 at 1:45PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 87E.

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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 RDU 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 RDU, every 30 minutes while active and once more after the end. Delayed means 15 or more minutes late at RDU; 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 RDU 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 RDU, 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.