Update from Bay Area airports following FAA flight outages

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In a rare and drastic move, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) suspended all US domestic flights on Wednesday morning due to a computer glitch.

Around 5:50 a.m. local time, the agency announced that it had restored its systems and that normal air traffic operations were “gradually resuming”.

San Francisco International (SFO)

Currently, 195 SFO flights have been delayed, which is about 20% of all SFO flights.

Currently, delays average 50 minutes. There were also 22 flight cancellations, which is not abnormal for SFO.

We have no way of determining what delays/cancellations are due to this ground stop or the result of other factors (such as today’s weather).

San Jose International (SJC)

Due to the early departure time, the initial impact (due to the FAA shutdown) was only for one aircraft, which was supposed to delay the departure.

Operations returned to normal around 6:30 a.m., but some airlines began reporting delays to their networks.

Ground stops are rare, especially nationwide.

Auckland International (UAC)

Oakland International had 79 delays and 21 cancellations in total, most of them with Southwest Airlines, according to FlightAware flight tracking service.

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An airport spokesman said the OAK is seeing “minimal cancellations” and that task forces are not reporting “unusually long queues” or passenger congestion at this time.

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All three airports recommend that passengers check the status of their flight with the airline before arriving at the airport.

What caused the crash?

The Biden administration said there was no evidence that the computer shutdown was caused by a cyberattack, but the president said he had asked Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to investigate.

Buttigieg then made a brief appearance on CNN stating, “We’ve made significant strides in terms of airline accountability when it comes to their customer service, but we equally need to make sure the FAA has the systems, personnel and operations it needs to serve well.” passengers.”

Asked if the FAA’s technology infrastructure is outdated, the secretary said, “That’s one of the key things we need to look at based on what we saw overnight.”

“What you saw this morning was an act of precaution.”

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