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FAA issues ground stop for all DC-area airports due to equipment fire
- jaybrendansmith 3y agoThis explains my flight cancellation at least. Yikes.
- smitty1110 3y agoThat explains why it was so quiet. Can we get another fire next weekend, I enjoyed the lack of IAD traffic flying a few hundred feet overhead. But yeah, there's understandably no chill in this area with regards to airspace monitoring. An errant drone merits an investigation around here, I'm sure when the radar went out people were freaking out.
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- mlyle 3y ago> But yeah, there's understandably no chill in this area with regards to airspace monitoring. This is beyond security concerns-- radar makes things a whole lot safer and greatly lowers ATC workload. A ground stop pretty much immediately lowers workload and enables more manual oversight of the flights that are already in the area.
- mertd 3y agoThe absence of the constant background hum during the most strict phase of pandemic shelter in place was something else. I don't wish to re experience it under those circumstances but it certainly gave me a new perspective on noise pollution.
- hanslovsky 3y agowe bought a home during the pandemic. there was some noise then, but it is a lot more now. Even the single one home without noise that we saw now has noise pollution, too. Gotta move out really far to get away from the noise
- vonnik 3y agoJust landed in DC. In the air, the pilot told us it was an air traffic control malfunction. Circled for 30 min. Other planes diverted to Pittsburgh. Dulles, Reagan and Baltimore affected.
- letmeflyhome 3y agoCurrently stuck in the airport, flight rebooked two weeks out with the incredibly generous option for a refund. No compensation or covering of hotels or car rental as the delay was "uncontrollable". I don't live here and not really sure what to do. Other flights seem to be leaving just fine.
- scrapcode 3y agoTwo weeks until the next flight? Is your destination somewhere you could drive?
- letmeflyhome 3y agoIt's a 10 hour drive give or take, but the challenge would be in returning the car. Also the agencies I've searched understandably do not allow one-way trips that go beyond national norders.
- zwily 3y agoSo you must be going to Canada then? Maybe rent a car to get to the border, then rent again inside?
- letmeflyhome 3y agoThat could work Update; It seems like the few nearby locations I've checked are not allowing alternate drop locations
- epc 3y agoI got stuck once at Pearson and ended up calling the various rental car agencies until I found one (Hertz) that had a car that had to return to NY state, so they didn't penalize me and just charged a "normal" one way rate.
- letmeflyhome 3y ago
- fotta 3y ago> According to the FAA, air traffic was impacted due to a fire at Potomac Consolidated Terminal RADAR Approach Control (TRACON). … > Earlier reports claimed a fire at Potomac Consolidated Terminal RADAR Approach Control (TRACON) impacted air traffic, but an FAA representative told FOX 5 there was no fire. Was there a fire or not?!
- bombcar 3y agoLooks like I found where that Iraqi information minister is working now.
- Scoundreller 3y agoMaybe no fire but a release of the magic black smoke?
- cratermoon 3y agoFlightAware's MiseryMap shows that about 2 hours ago DC had 205 delayed and 46 cancelled flights.
- firstlink 3y agoCurrently this page reads: > According to the FAA, air traffic was impacted due to a fire at Potomac Consolidated Terminal RADAR Approach Control (TRACON). > Earlier reports claimed a fire at Potomac Consolidated Terminal RADAR Approach Control (TRACON) impacted air traffic, but an FAA representative told FOX 5 there was no fire. Well?
- interestica 3y agoIf you're ever in DC and want a great view of incoming planes for DCA/Reagan Int'l, get to Gravelly Point. [Map](https://maps.app.goo.gl/q2tU5nd7wDB8X5ko7?g_st=ic https://maps.app.goo.gl/q2tU5nd7wDB8X5ko7?g_st=ic) [The View](https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsedKJtgoG8/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== https://www.instagram.com/reel/CsedKJtgoG8/?igshid=MzRlODBiN...)
- EForEndeavour 3y agoWhy is the Instagram reel mirrored horizontally, cutting the frame in half? Doesn't that totally ruin the video, or am I missing something? Power to anyone to edit and upload anything, but what were they trying to achieve by getting such a great video angle only to mostly hide the airliner from view?
- interestica 3y agoArtistic license? Showing how symmetrical an incoming overhead plane is? And it's a rare view. It's an artistic medium over there which uses photos as the starting point.
- hanslovsky 3y agoyes, it's great, my son loves it. if you're stranded at IAD check out the nearby Udvar-Hazy Center (air & space). https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center https://airandspace.si.edu/visit/udvar-hazy-center
- IG_Semmelweiss 3y agoIf you are scheduled to fly in the next few hours domestically in the US, or foreign inbound to US airports like JFK, MIA, BOS, DFW etc DONT It is a massive cluster ** now. Twin storms in Northeast, FL panhandle, and hurricane advisories all over TX and TN. Now DC doesnt want to be left behind with their own bizarro calamity claim. Crew are steanded at random airports and no one is taking off. Storms will continue for the next 3 THREE days. Do yourself a favor, call your airline, and ask them to change your flight to next week ASAP. Your mind will thank you later.
- gundmc 3y ago> Do yourself a favor, call your airline, and ask them to change your flight to next week ASAP. I'm not sure I've ever been traveling for any reason where I have the flexibility to shift my trip by a full week on short notice.
- filoleg 3y agoThe assumption here was that your trip will shift by a full week regardless, with the only difference being you spending that time at home vs being stranded at the airport or a layover location.
- ilyt 3y ago...how's that related to HN ?
- 1MachineElf 3y agoI have never seen BWI airport as busy as it was last night, an hour before midnight. Approaching the airport to pick someone up, the past about 50 cars on the shoulder of the road that were just waiting with their hazard lights on. Traffic to the arrivals area was slow as molasses. I'm told the terminals themselves are packed with people whose flights were delayed to 1AM, 2AM, etc.