Flights grounded throughout Midwest after outage at air traffic control facility: FAA
Summary
A temporary outage at a major air traffic control facility in Minnesota caused flight delays and groundings in Minnesota and nine other Midwest states. The system was restored, but delays continued at several airports, with the FAA investigating the cause.Key Facts
- The system outage happened at a Minneapolis air traffic control center that manages traffic over 330,000 square miles.
- Flights going to and from Minnesota and nine other states were delayed or diverted.
- The Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport was not the source of the outage, but it experienced average delays of about 90 minutes.
- States affected include Michigan, Kansas, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.
- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the air traffic and radar systems involved went offline temporarily but have since come back online.
- The FAA is looking into what caused the outage.
- Delays continued at several airports after the systems were restored.
- This event happened on August 6, 2026.
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