Nationwide ground stop: Atlanta airborne flights plummet from 116 to a handful
justin_hart · x · 2026-11-14
Comparing FlightRadar24 data: last Friday at 8:30pm ET, 116 planes were airborne around Atlanta, the world's busiest airport. Tonight at the same time, under a nationwide ground stop, only a handful remain.
The side-by-side maps show the dramatic impact of the nationwide ground stop on US air traffic.
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