SFO travelers cancel their trip despite FAA reopening airspace

KTVU's West Coast Wrap follows the long airport recovery, from abandoned plans in San Francisco to passengers stuck aboard a plane at LAX.

Channel: KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco Story of November 15, 2026Trari Newsroom

Why this story? The video opened at a pace of 345,040 views a day, 49 times a normal first day on this channel (7,089).

FAA lifts nationwide ground stop | KTVU

Next story: SS United States makes its final descent to become a reef

TJ and Devonte have made their decision: they are not waiting for a flight anymore. Speaking to KTVU reporter Christien Kafton at San Francisco International Airport, the travelers explain that they have canceled their booking.

"We decided just to cancel the flight, 'cause they were not thinking that we were going to fly out tonight," Devonte says.

Their interview gives KTVU's "FAA lifts nationwide ground stop | KTVU" a story beyond the reopening announcement. Permission to depart was returning, but passengers still had to work out whether their own journeys could be salvaged.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy makes that distinction at the start of the broadcast: "Now, does that mean every flight is going to fly right now? It's going to be slow."

The report drew roughly 345,000 views in its first day, nearly fifty times KTVU's usual start for regular videos. The station's earlier live ground-stop coverage also attracted an unusually large audience.

At LAX, Ed Laskos finds rebooking crowds in Terminal 7. A video diary from Fox 13 anchor John Hopperstad supplies another perspective: waiting aboard an aircraft on the tarmac for hours. Former FEMA coordinator Mark Neveau explains that the departure halt did not stop planes already airborne from continuing to their destinations.

This is a broader West Coast bulletin, not solely an aviation report. After the airport coverage, KTVU turns to flooded Marin County roads and dangerous surf that prompted the closure of Santa Cruz Wharf.

Published on Trari

Most watched today ›

Share this story

A ready picture for an Instagram story or a WhatsApp status.

Share the pictureSend the link

×Share the picture

Where next?

More from KTVU FOX 2 San FranciscoVideo taking off 28x its usual first daySS United States makes its final descent to become a reefKTVU's report pairs a former passenger's memories with the ocean liner's new purpose off Florida, after a sinking that took far longer than planned.Channel: KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco · Story of November 14, 2026 Also in Local news stationsVideo taking off 33x its usual first dayStrangers carpool and a pastor counsels patience in ABC7's LAX reportBehind the stranded travelers, Jericho Tran explains the overloaded routers and switches that stopped flights nationwide, and why officials say it was not a cy…Channel: ABC7 · Story of November 15, 2026 A different discovery todayVideo taking off 5x its usual first dayCaptain Steeeve traces the FAA ground stop to a system called ERAMFilmed at Detroit Metro Airport, his explainer runs from a failed network update to what pilots do when the radio goes quiet.Channel: Captain Steeeve · Story of November 15, 2026

Or follow us on Telegram

Is this your channel?For the channel's owners and team: a ready picture and text for your audience

Share the story with your audience. Everything is ready:

For a community post or your channel's description

SFO travelers cancel their trip despite FAA reopening airspace The full story on Trari: https://trari.com/en/story/ktvufox2-37410/

Copy the text

The numbers

The reopening bulletin drew a much larger first-day audience than KTVU's usual regular upload. Its earlier live coverage also had an unusually strong start.

the video's first day

usual first day here

7,089

this video

345,040

subscribers

393,000

▲ 1,000 in the last 7 days

total views

453,632,752

views per day

596,704

typical day: 430,525

the video

views

354,554

likes

355

comments

176

days online

1

subscribers: this channel and similar channels

WCCO - CBS Minnesota

423,000

FOX 13 Seattle

405,000

WSB-TV

397,000

KTVU FOX 2 San Francisco

393,000

CP24

384,000

CBS Boston

378,000

As of November 15, 2026 · Data source: Trari Social News, Trari Traffic Trends and Ranking Platform, Google YouTube

Subscriber, view, like and comment counts are YouTube's. Rates, usual days, rankings, comparisons and categories are Trari's own calculations.