Ground stop at Teterboro (TEB), Oct 16, 2026

ActiveThunderstorms halt departures from Teterboro airport

Started: Fri, Oct 16, 6:11 PM EDT22:11 UTC
Scheduled until: 7:15 pm EDT
In effect for: 56 min
Cause: thunderstorms

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What happened

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Cause: Thunderstorms in the area led air traffic control to stop departures from Teterboro, partly because there were too few safe routes around the storms.

The ground stop began at 22:11 UTC and was still in effect 46 minutes later. It was set to run until 23:15 UTC, and air traffic control gave a medium probability that it would be extended. Departures were held from one air traffic control center.

Impact by airline

Aircraft seen on the ground at TEB 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
Washington Center (ZDC)	Held

Timeline

Every change published while the ground stop was in effect, as seen each minute.

Oct 16, 6:11 PM EDT
Ground stop issued at TEB for thunderstorms, until 7:15 pm EDT. Departures held from ZDC.

Advisories

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

ATCSCC ADVZY 154 TEB/ZNY 10/16/2026 CDM GROUND STOP

CTL ELEMENT: TEB
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 2206Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 16/2156Z - 16/2315Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (Manual) ZDC
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 0 / 0 / 0
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 55 / 55 / 55
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: MEDIUM
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / THUNDERSTORMS
COMMENTS: DUE TO LACK OF ROUTES

Original advisory ↗

Where flights were held

Departures to TEB were held from 1 center (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 KTEB 162151Z 21007KT 10SM FEW018 22/18 A2964 RMK AO2 SLP037 T02220183 $ · observed Oct 16, 5:51 PM EDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch · Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued October 16 at 4:02PM EDT until October 16 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Upton NY

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 64E.

Latest during the stop

IFR

SPECI KTEB 162255Z 31011G18KT 1 3/4SM R06/4500VP6000FT RA SCT015 BKN022 OVC065 21/19 A2972 RMK AO2 PRESRR P0009 T02060189 $ · observed Oct 16, 6:55 PM EDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch · Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued October 16 at 4:02PM EDT until October 16 at 10:00PM EDT by NWS Upton NY

Over the airport: Convective SIGMET 70E.

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