North Texas airports and airlines face delays and cancellations due to FAA system failure

The Federal Aviation Administration suspended all domestic flights across the United States on Wednesday morning due to a computer system glitch, and travelers in North Texas are feeling the effects.

Shortly before 7 a.m., the agency ordered airlines to suspend all domestic flights for the next few hours while officials worked to fix the system.

A problem with the computer system affected the agency’s ability to issue NOTAM, source with knowledge of the situation. told NBC News.

According to the FAA website, NOTAM, also known as “Air Assignment Notice”, contains important information for flight personnel.

The FAA said these notifications alert flight personnel to abnormal conditions in the national airspace system.

As of 7:00 a.m., 2,136 Southwest Airlines flights were delayed and 150 flights canceled, the website said. Flight Aware.

These travel disruptions occurred after the Dallas-based airline canceled 15,000 flights over Christmas and left vacationers stranded.

As of 7 a.m., American Airlines has delayed 292 flights and canceled 101 flights.

The Fort Worth-based airline released a statement on Twitter informing travelers that the airline is monitoring the situation and working to minimize disruptions.

According to Flight Aware119 flights were delayed from Dallas Love Field and 4 flights were cancelled.

At Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, 43 flights were delayed and 12 flights cancelled.

Federal Aviation Administration announced on twitter that the nationwide ground stop was canceled and normal air traffic operations gradually resumed shortly before 8:00 a.m. after the “Air Mission Notification” system failed.

According to the FAA, the agency is continuing to investigate the cause of the initial outage.

This is evolving news. Please stay tuned for updates.