The Federal Aviation Administration says normal air traffic operations are resuming "gradually" across the country after an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system.Flights were delayed across the country Wednesday morning, with the FAA ordering a pause on all domestic departures just before 7:30 a.m.Just before 7 a.m. Eastern, there were nearly 1,200 delayed flights within, into or out of the United States, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware. Most delays were concentrated along the East Coast. The agency said in a tweet that it was working on restoring its Notice to Air Missions System. “We are performing final validation checks and reloading the system now,” the FAA said. “Operations across the National Airspace System are affected.” NOTAMs used to be available through a hotline but that was phased out with the internet. The alerts span from mundane information about construction at airports to urgent flight restrictions or broken equipment.There is a potential for widespread disruption because of the outage. All aircraft are required to route through the system, including commercial and military flights. CVG Airport says they are "aware of potential delays" Wednesday morning, citing the FAA system issue, and urge travelers to check with their airlines for real-time updates on flight status updates.
The Federal Aviation Administration says normal air traffic operations are resuming "gradually" across the country after an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system.
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Flights were delayed across the country Wednesday morning, with the FAA ordering a pause on all domestic departures just before 7:30 a.m.
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Just before 7 a.m. Eastern, there were nearly 1,200 delayed flights within, into or out of the United States, according to the flight tracking website FlightAware.
Most delays were concentrated along the East Coast.
The agency said in a tweet that it was working on restoring its Notice to Air Missions System.
“We are performing final validation checks and reloading the system now,” the FAA said. “Operations across the National Airspace System are affected.”
NOTAMs used to be available through a hotline but that was phased out with the internet. The alerts span from mundane information about construction at airports to urgent flight restrictions or broken equipment.
There is a potential for widespread disruption because of the outage. All aircraft are required to route through the system, including commercial and military flights.
CVG Airport says they are "aware of potential delays" Wednesday morning, citing the FAA system issue, and urge travelers to check with their airlines for real-time updates on flight status updates.
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