Airspace reopened after nationwide ground stop

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Airspace reopened after nationwide ground stop
The nationwide ground stop issued by the Federal Aviation Administration Friday afternoon has been lifted, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy confirmed.
“At 8:15 tonight Eastern Time, we’ve opened up the airspace,” Duffy said to reporters in the White House briefing room during a press conference that began at around 8:30 p.m. EST.
Duffy added that, although the stoppage is over, the return to normal air traffic will be “slow.”
“The nationwide ground stop has now been lifted, HOWEVER, it will take a long time for traffic to return to normal levels,” air traffic tracker Flightradar wrote in a post on social platform X.
The nationwide grounding began at around 4 p.m.
This story will be updated with additional reporting.
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