{"id":252612,"date":"2023-01-11T07:17:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-11T13:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/?p=252612"},"modified":"2023-01-11T16:10:13","modified_gmt":"2023-01-11T22:10:13","slug":"harry-reid-airport-highlighted-on-flight-delays-due-to-national-faa-malfunction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.casino.org\/news\/harry-reid-airport-highlighted-on-flight-delays-due-to-national-faa-malfunction\/","title":{"rendered":"Harry Reid Airport Highlighted in Connection with National FAA Malfunction"},"content":{"rendered":"

UPDATE:<\/strong> Most US flights were grounded for a short time until just before 6 a.m. PT on Wednesday because of an FAA malfunction. At Harry Reid International Airport, by 9 a.m. PT, 317 flights in total were delayed, FlightAware, a flight tracking service, said. Some 49 were canceled at Harry Reid. Of these, Southwest Airlines canceled 37 flights and delayed 169 flights. Thousands of flights from different airlines were either canceled or delayed nationally.<\/strong><\/p>\n

EARLIER:<\/strong> The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) was scrambling to correct a computer glitch early on Wednesday. The impacted system provides critical safety information to pilots. The malfunction may lead to the grounding of many US flights.<\/p>\n

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A flight board shows canceled flights. Passengers worried in Las Vegas and elsewhere on Wednesday after the FAA reported a system malfunction that could lead to many flight disruptions. (Image: WABC<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Las Vegas\u2019 Harry Reid International Airport was among the two airports highlighted in a CNN<\/em> report on Wednesday morning about the computer system failure.<\/p>\n

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As of 4:45 a.m. PT on Wednesday, delays at Harry Reid totaled 151 flights, FlightAware, an online flight tracking service, reported. There were eight cancellations as of early morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

There is no predicted time for the system to be operating properly.<\/p>\n

Nationally, some airlines released statements that their flights could be delayed. The trade association for US carriers, Airlines for America, said the glitch was \u201ccausing significant operational delays,\u201d CNN<\/em> reported.<\/p>\n

\u201cOperations across the National Airspace System are affected,\u201d the FAA said in its own statement.<\/p>\n

The FAA is experiencing an outage that is impacting the update of NOTAMS. All flights are unable to be released at this time,”<\/strong> the FAA added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Cleared Update No. 2 for all stakeholders: \u2070\u2070The FAA is still working to fully restore the Notice to Air Missions system following an outage. \u2070\u2070While some functions are beginning to come back on line, National Airspace System operations remain limited.<\/p>\n

— The FAA \u2708\ufe0f (@FAANews) January 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n