By The Business Traveler Desk · Data: FAA Airport Status · Updates automatically
A live board of every active air-traffic delay program at US airports — refreshed straight from the FAA, filterable by location, delay type, and cause.
Direct answer: This board shows the FAA's own record of active US airport delays — ground stops, ground delay programs, arrival/departure delays, and closures — updated automatically. It is US airports only, and it reports airport-level programs, not individual airlines or flights, because that is the only data the free FAA feed contains.
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Source: FAA Airport Status Information, fetched live via a same-origin proxy and cached for a few minutes at the edge. Scope: US airports only. The FAA feed reports airport-level air-traffic programs and carries no airline or per-flight data — so this tracker deliberately offers no "by airline" filter rather than imply data it does not hold. There is no free source of worldwide flight delays.
How to read the board
Ground stop — departures to that airport are halted for a set window, usually weather or a traffic-management constraint. The most disruptive state on the board.
Ground delay program — flights are not stopped but metered; the FAA assigns controlled departure times so arrivals match a reduced acceptance rate. Shown as an average and maximum expected delay.
Arrival / departure delay — general delay at the airport with a min–max range and a trend (increasing, decreasing, or steady). The everyday texture of a busy or weather-affected field.
Closure — the airport, or part of it, is closed to some or all traffic for the stated window. Read the reason: many closures affect only general-aviation or transient aircraft, not scheduled airline service.
Use this before you book: a delay program at your origin or connection hub is the FAA telling you the risk is already live. Pair it with the disruption playbook. Read the playbook →
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