{"id":2441,"section":"sports","section_label":"Sports","url":"https://www.brokenews.co/sports/2441","headline":"FAA ground stop strands NBA, NHL and college football teams","dek":"A nationwide halt on all flights, blamed on a communications problem at air traffic control centers, left at least 10 Power 4 college football teams and other travelers scrambling to reach their games.","body":"The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a nationwide ground stop on Friday, grounding all flights and throwing the sports weekend into disarray. NBA, NHL and college teams were left stranded trying to reach their destinations, while NFL teams waited to see whether the problem would clear in time for weekend travel.\n\nThe FAA said the stop was issued \"due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety.\" Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the trouble stemmed from a communications issue affecting the 22 regional air traffic control centers that direct planes flying between airports nationwide, and that FAA technicians were investigating the cause. The Secretary of Homeland Security said there was no reason for travelers' families to be concerned about flight safety.\n\nAt least 10 Power 4 college football programs had their travel plans disrupted by the stoppage. The scope of delays and cancellations across the NBA, NHL and other leagues was still being tallied as teams tried to adjust their schedules around the shutdown.\n\nIt remains unclear how long the ground stop will last or how many games could be affected before the weekend's slate of contests begins.","published_at":"2026-11-14T00:49:48.447166+00:00","source_count":4,"written_from":[{"outlet":"Yahoo Sports","publisher":"Yahoo Sports","title":"A sudden FAA ground stop strands teams and throws the sports weekend into chaos","url":"https://sports.yahoo.com/articles/sudden-faa-ground-stop-strands-231406513.html"},{"outlet":"ESPN","publisher":"ESPN","title":"FAA ground stop disrupting travel for 10 Power 4 college football teams","url":"https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/50475169/faa-ground-stop-disrupting-travel-college-football-teams"},{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"FAA nationwide ground stop sports travel updates: Latest news as teams affected by flight delays, cancellations","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/live-blogs/faa-nationwide-ground-stop-flight-delays-cancellations-sports-college-teams-travel-updates/fSxpSclAr79u/"}],"more_coverage":[{"outlet":"The Athletic","publisher":"The Athletic","title":"FAA ground stop triggers widespread travel chaos as teams scramble ahead of games","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7780034/2026/11/13/faa-ground-stop-flights-sports-teams-travel-delay/"},{"outlet":"Fox Sports","publisher":"Fox Sports","title":"How A Sudden FAA Ground Stop Could Affect CFB, NFL This Weekend","url":"https://www.foxsports.com/stories/college-football/how-sudden-faa-ground-stop-could-affect-cfb-nfl-weekend"}],"image":{"url":"https://a1.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=%2Fphoto%2F2026%2F1113%2Fr1745477_1296x729_16%2D9.jpg","credit":"ESPN","width":1296},"embed":null,"license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/","attribution":"Analysis data is licensed CC BY 4.0. Credit brokenews and link to the story page you took it from. Source headlines, story titles taken from a source headline, and quoted passages remain the property of their publishers and are quoted for comparison, not licensed onward.","terms":"https://www.brokenews.co/about#reuse"}