Ground stop at San Francisco (SFO), Nov 13, 2026

EndedWind halts departures from San Francisco airport for 75 minutes

Started: Fri, Nov 13, 6:50 AM PST14:50 UTC
Ended: Fri, Nov 13, 8:05 AM PST16:05 UTC
Duration: 1 hr 15 min
Cause: wind

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What happened

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Cause: Strong gusty winds at San Francisco airport made it unsafe to keep departing planes on schedule, so air traffic control held departures. Light rain was also reported.

Departures from San Francisco International Airport were held starting at 14:50 UTC on November 13, 2026, because of wind. The stop covered departures from one air traffic control center and was scheduled to run until 8:15 am Pacific time. It ended at 16:05 UTC, after 1 hour 15 minutes.

Impact by airline

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

Airline	On ground	Holding
United Airlines UA	9	—
SkyWest Airlines OO	5	—
American Airlines AA	3	—
Delta Air Lines DL	3	—
Air Canada AC	2	—
Alaska Airlines AS	2	—
ABX Air GB	1	—
Singapore Airlines SQ	1	—
Southwest Airlines WN	1	—

Impact by region

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

Center	Status
Los Angeles Center (ZLA)	Held

Aircraft at the airport

Peak 35 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 13, 6:50 AM PST
Ground stop issued at SFO for wind, until 8:15 am PST. Departures held from ZLA.
Nov 13, 8:05 AM PST
Ground stop ended after 1 hr 15 min.

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