US ground stop lifted after four hours, FOX Weather reports
Ian Oliver's breaking-news clip captures the departure shutdown as it unfolds, while a later update reports the restriction has ended.
Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 277,537 views a day, 36 times a normal first day on this channel (7,772).
Nationwide Ground Stop Halts Flights Due to 'Extraordinary Circumstances'
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Ian Oliver is reviewing a flight-tracking map when the news changes: the FAA has ordered departing flights across the country to stay on the ground. An off-screen colleague adds a crucial distinction: inbound international flights will be handled case by case.
That moment is captured in FOX Weather's "Nationwide Ground Stop Halts Flights Due to 'Extraordinary Circumstances'", which passed 110,000 views in seven hours, far beyond the channel's usual Shorts start.
The clip records the uncertainty at the start of the shutdown, not the situation travelers should assume still applies. In a subsequent upload, FOX Weather reports that Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced the ground stop had been lifted at 8:15 p.m. ET Friday, after four hours.
In the original report, Oliver reads the advisory holding departures until further notice and urges travelers to stay where they are while the situation develops. The cause and duration are still uncertain at that point in the broadcast.
The aviation coverage arrived alongside an unusually busy stretch for FOX Weather's storm reports. Its atmospheric-river forecast also drew views far faster than its regular videos typically do, covering heavy rain in Washington and Oregon and substantial snow forecast for the northern Sierra. A separate Short showed blowing sand and rough surf at Oregon's Cannon Beach.
The Federal Aviation Administration is the U.S. agency responsible for regulating civil aviation. Part of the Department of Transportation, its responsibilities include air traffic control and airport standards.
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- FOX Weather
- Subscribers
- 1,090,000
- Channel views, last 7 days
- 4,609,540
- Channel views, pace per day
- 1,887,022 (on a normal day: 609,180)
- Video published
- November 13, 2026
- Video views so far
- 111,885 (less than a day online)
- Video views, pace per day
- 277,537
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The ground-stop clip drew an unusually large early audience for a FOX Weather Short. The channel's atmospheric-river coverage also had a strong start.
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Which state is home to Cannon Beach, featured in FOX Weather's storm coverage?
FOX Weather's coastal storm footage was filmed at Cannon Beach in Oregon.


