Flight disruptions: Florida hit by air traffic control issue; Denver by freezing fog

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Source: CNN Travel

(CNN) — Two far-apart states are seeing fresh air travel problems on Monday. Air traffic control issues triggered hours-long flight delays to Florida airports, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN. And the main airport in Denver, Colorado, is seeing substantial cancellations and delays because of a fresh round of winter weather.

Late Monday afternoon, the FAA told CNN that the issue in Florida was resolved. "The FAA is working toward safely returning to a normal traffic rate in the Florida airspace," the agency said in a statement.

Earlier in the day, the FAA told CNN that it had "slowed the volume of air traffic into Florida airspace due to an air traffic computer issue." A publicly available airspace status notice showed flight delays early Monday afternoon averaging nearly three hours with a maximum delay up to six hours.

The FAA said the issue was with the En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system at the Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center. That center is responsible for controlling millions of cubic miles of airspace for commercial flights over Florida.

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/florida-flight-delays-faa-issue/index.html

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Article/headline updated.

Original article/headline -

Hours-long Florida flight delays caused by FAA air traffic control issue

(CNN) — Air traffic control issues are triggering hours-long flight delays to Florida airports, the Federal Aviation Administration told CNN.

"The FAA has slowed the volume of traffic into Florida airspace due to an air traffic computer issue that is being resolved," the agency said in a statement.

A publicly available airspace status notice shows flight delays averaging two hours with a maximum delay of six hours.
The FAA says the issue is with the En Route Automation Modernization (ERAM) system at the Miami Air Route Traffic Control Center.

That center is responsible for controlling millions of cubic miles of airspace for commercial flights over Florida.

[iluvtennis]

1. IT infrasturcture issues just like Southwest. We really need to pay attention to updating

all aging infrastructure.

[Quemado]

2. SWA spent $5.6 billion on stock buybacks in the years ahead of the coronavirus pandemic

instead of devoting those resources to technological improvements that unions have been demanding for years. This is according to corporate watchdog Accountable.us : https://accountable.us/watchdog-southwest-cancellation-crisis-follows-execs-choice-to-reward-5-6b-to-shareholders-instead-of-investing-in-infrastructure/

[iluvtennis]

5. + agree. n/t

[jimfields33]

3. Congress just passed a huge infrastructure bill

They are spending it but it takes more then a few months to fix everything.

[iluvtennis]

4. Agree that infrastructure changes aren't a quick fix - just want to know that they are in progress.

[oldsoftie]

6. Our Decades-old ATC system. Maybe we'll upgrade it into the 21st century one day

[Marcus IM]

7. It's 2023, and we're still fighting for the 2014 min wage.

Don't hold your breath as long as there's republicons holding any power.

[discntnt_irny_srcsm]

8. Maybe Southwest will call for....

...an investigation of the feds.