News on airports, terminals, runways, and the ground and air traffic systems that keep flights moving. From major expansions to the technology behind the scenes, this is aviation on the ground.
October 5, 2026 13:40 UTC —
About 130 Unite members at Leeds Bradford Airport will strike from October 16 to 18 over pay. The union warns of a shutdown, the airport expects near-normal flying.
October 1, 2026 14:48 UTC —
DFW ground stop: thunderstorms halted flights into DFW and Love Field on October 1, canceling over 170 at DFW. FAA delays, waivers and rebooking.
September 30, 2026 02:46 UTC —
Schiphol flight cap: a Dutch House majority backs 478,000 flights a year, 27,000 at night, in the airport’s first new traffic decree in 18 years.
September 29, 2026 14:07 UTC —
Midway Atoll’s airport needs over $100 million in repairs. United and Qantas told the FAA that Pacific flights rely on it as an ETOPS alternate.
September 29, 2026 08:50 UTC —
France’s DGAC told airlines to cut 5% of Paris CDG flights and 25% at Marseille on September 29 as a nationwide civil service strike hit French aviation.
September 28, 2026 14:55 UTC —
Italy’s ENAV air traffic controllers strike 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. on September 30. Which flights Italian rules protect, and what passengers can claim.
September 27, 2026 07:11 UTC —
Nor’easter flight cancellations hit Boston Logan hardest: 261 on Saturday, 171 more by early Sunday, while stranded fuel ships had airlines flying fuel in.
September 27, 2026 06:26 UTC —
Catania Airport closed again as Etna ash halted every flight until Sunday noon. Why a low plume still shuts the airport and what stranded flyers are owed.
September 25, 2026 17:09 UTC —
Sydney Airport security screeners plan a three-hour strike on Monday, September 28, the first day of NSW school holidays, after Thursday’s walkout.
September 23, 2026 09:36 UTC —
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy asked Congress for $30 billion more for air traffic control towers, telecom and airports, a day after a cut cable stopped flights.
September 22, 2026 06:06 UTC —
A failed Philadelphia TRACON circuit and a backup fiber cut by a work crew stopped flights at Newark, JFK, LaGuardia, PHL and Teterboro on Sept. 21.
September 20, 2026 16:56 UTC —
NATS says a squawk code request and a one millisecond software window corrupted UK flight data on September 8 and grounded more than 2,000 flights.
September 20, 2026 07:15 UTC —
Frankfurt Airport malaria cluster has killed three people who never left Germany. How a mosquito rides an aircraft, and why almost nobody sprays anymore.
September 20, 2026 07:13 UTC —
Riyadh airport hit its worst disruption score after a fuel tank fire at King Khalid International on September 19, 2026. What it means for flights.
September 18, 2026 14:41 UTC —
A drone over Runway 19 stopped departures at Reagan National for 20 minutes on September 17, 2026. What the crews saw and why DC airspace is different.
September 17, 2026 10:38 UTC —
A suspected drone near Terminal 5 stopped every Heathrow departure for 12 minutes on September 16, 2026. Here is why takeoffs stopped and landings did not.
September 16, 2026 14:44 UTC —
Charleroi Airport controllers began 24 nights of strikes on September 16, canceling 14 Ryanair round trips on day one. What passengers need to know.
September 15, 2026 14:03 UTC —
Runway vehicle transmitters: the FAA’s $1.1 billion grant round pays $10.9 million to fit 3,000 vehicles at 61 airports so controllers can track them.
September 15, 2026 09:21 UTC —
GAO says the FAA’s rush to rebuild air traffic control risks overruns and disruptions, with phase 1 now at $10.6 billion and $574 million unfunded.
September 14, 2026 08:20 UTC —
Vilnius Airport closed for 38 minutes and a NATO jet scrambled on September 13 over a radar contact Lithuania feared was a drone. It was a flock of birds.
