FAA Archives - Stuck at the Airport

Flight restrictions lifted at all airports + more travel tidbits

11/16/25

Flights back to ‘normal,’ but flight concerns hover On Sunday, November 16, the Federal Aviation Administration announced that starting at 6 a.m. on Monday it will end all the restrictions it had put in place on commercial flights at 40 major U.S. airports. Restrictions the FAA has on space launches and on general aviation flights →

Airports

Why are airline passengers so rude & unruly?

06/18/23

[Our story on the rise of unruly airlines passengers first appeared on NBC News) Air travelers picked up some bad habits during the pandemic that they can’t seem to shake. Unruly passenger incidents rose 47% globally last year from 2021, even as pandemic-related restrictions faded, according to recent data released this month by the International Air Transport →

Airlines

FAA Outage Causes Flight Delays & Disruption

01/11/23

Late Tuesday evening, an essential piece of the aviation transportation network operated by the Federal Aviation Administration failed. And because of that the FAA temporarily grounded all flights nationwide on Wednesday morning. The ground stop was lifted by 8:50 am east coast time. But the fallout included more than 1,300 canceled flights and close to →

Airlines

FAA Call-Out: Design a Sustainable Control Tower

11/07/21

Think you can design a cost-efficient, sustainable air traffic control tower? The Federal Aviation Administration, (FAA) has more than 100 aging control towers at regional and municipal airports across the United States that will need to be replaced. So, the agency is launching a nationwide solicitation for a new design for control towers that can be built and operated →

Mask mandate on planes & public transit to be extended

08/17/21

On Tuesday, multiple sources were reporting that federal officials will extend until at least mid-January the requirement that travelers must wear face masks on commercial airplanes, in airports, and on other forms of public transportation. The Transportation Security Administration’s current transportation mask mandate is set to expire on Sept. 13. The agency is expected to →

Health

TSA offering self-defense training to flight crews.

06/28/21

As airline passenger volume ticks up, many passengers are packing something the Transportation Security Administration and airlines would rather they’d leave home: a combative attitude. “Passengers do not arrive at an airport or board a plane with the intent of becoming unruly or violent; however, what is an exciting return to travel for some may →

“No warnings”: FAA getting tough with passengers who are unruly or won’t wear masks

01/14/21

Citing “a disturbing increase in incidents where airline passengers have disrupted flights with threatening or violent behavior,” the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said Wednesday it will ratchet up its legal enforcement policies. “These incidents have stemmed both from passengers’ refusals to wear masks and from recent violence at the U.S. Capitol, ” the FAA said →

The most important flights for Santa and his team

12/23/20

While we’re all staying home, it’s good to know Santa and his team are going to be flying around the world. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is helping out. The FAA says that on Christmas Eve Santa Claus and his reindeer-powered sleigh will have special operating authority to conduct interstate air-cargo-delivery services directly to rooftops →