The agency said the problem had been resolved at around 4pm local time on Saturday and officials were working to lift any remaining orders to hold planes on the ground.
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“The agency is working w/airlines to return to normal operations”, it tweeted. Saturday’s shot shows a large hole with no flights above or around Virginia.
Mark Lennihan/AP Massive crowds began forming at JFK global Airport, sources said.
Lauderdale, Fla., looks at her phone as her mother and brother check in for their flight to Miami at Washington’s Reagan National Airport. After three hours, the flight was canceled.
“There have been some flights that have been diverted”, Gibbs said. The center handles high-altitude air traffic for a region that includes Baltimore-Washington worldwide Thurgood Marshall Airport, Washington’s Reagan National Airport and Dulles global Airport.
The Federal Aviation Administration says it is continuing to try to resolve a technical problem at an air traffic control center in Virginia.
The FAA also said there were delays at New York’s LaGuardia and John F. Kennedy worldwide airports.
Airport spokesman Andrew Sawyer said that 150 departures had been affected by late afternoon.
“Everything that has been scheduled has been minimally impacted”, he said.
He said he planned to make the 14-hour drive back to the Washington, D.C., area instead.
Huge delays hit Logan and other airports today.
As of 2 p.m. EST, Southwest said fewer than 200 of its flights were canceled due to the automation problem.
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Planes would be able to take off normally by about 16:00 EDT (20:00 GMT), the FAA said.
