Newark, Atlanta airports experience more terrifying air traffic control outages, bringing flights to a standstill | 11 May 2025 | Almost 80 flights have been cancelled and more than 60 delayed at Newark airport after yet another equipment outage brought more chaos to the the NYC-area hub. A 45-minute ground stop was ordered on Sunday morning by the FAA following the outage at Newark's ATC facility, officials told WABC. Then, a short time later a different outage hit Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport -- the busiest in the country. "Runway equipment issues" resulted in delays and ground stops for nearly all flights arriving at Atlanta. The FAA said "technicians are working to address the problem" after the problem slowed arrivals about 10:30 a.m.