FAA ground stop leaves Key Biscayne resident stranded abroad 

Gabriel Soloranzo, who lives in Key Colony, had a 9:00 a.m. Delta Airline flight out of Amsterdam to JFK. He, like tens of thousands of others around the world, learned that he wasn’t going anywhere.

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He was caught when the Federal Aviation Administration grounded all flights nationwide Friday after communication errors at regional air traffic control centers.The FAA has now lifted the ground stop, allowing some domestic flights to depart from U.S. airports. Officials warn that normalizing air traffic after the longest stoppage in 25 years will be slow.

Message to flight controllers that a nationwide ground stop was being ordered, Nov. 13, 2026 (KBI via National Air Traffic Controllers Association)

New technology being installed overloaded antiquated equipment, causing the shutdown, officials said.

The FlightAware tracker cited more than 300 cancellations at Miami International yesterday, with 117 flights canceled for Saturday. The site says Fort Lauderdale’s airport has