SEATAC, Wash. — Flight disruptions at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) appear to be easing Sunday morning after hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled Saturday amid the fallout from the nationwide ground stop on Friday.
As of 9:30 a.m., 53 flights were delayed, and 27 were canceled at SEA, a significant drop from the disruptions travelers faced the day before, according to Flightradar24.
Saturday afternoon, KIRO 7 reported at least 132 departures had been canceled and 126 delayed, according to Flightradar24.
READ MORE: KIRO 7’s previous coverage of the disruptions at Sea-Tac.
Those problems were lingering effects of the nationwide FAA ground stop Friday, which halted departures across the country for more than four hours. Although the technical problem was resolved and the ground stop lifted Friday night, airlines spent Saturday recovering from mass cancellations and delays.
FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said Saturday that airlines expected to return to their full schedules by the end of Sunday.
The FAA’s national operations dashboard also showed no active ground stop or delay program at SEA Sunday morning, although the agency’s schedule showed one runway as still closed.
Travelers should continue checking directly with their airline before heading to the airport because schedules can change as carriers finish recovering from Friday’s disruption.
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