An FAA airport ground stop tied to equipment issues disrupted flights Thursday afternoon across the Midwest, including MSP Airport, Eppley Airfield and Lincoln Airport. Eppley Airfield told passengers to check flight status as airports in the region dealt with air traffic control issues.
By 4:16 p.m., MSP Airport said airlines were beginning to resume some operations after an FAA equipment outage. Eppley’s website showed several flight delays and one cancellation just after 4 p.m., while Lincoln Airport listed two delayed flights at 4:30 p.m. Thursday.
MSP Airport on X
MSP Airport posted the update on X at 4:16 p.m. and said flight impacts were expected to continue through the evening as airlines recovered. That left travelers in a partial recovery period: some departures were starting back up, but schedules were still shifting as carriers worked through the backlog.
Lincoln Airport said the delays were tied to problems in Minnesota, and later told 10/11 it believed the radar issues were corrected and flights were getting ready to leave again in Minneapolis. That sequence points to a regional control problem that moved quickly from a technical outage to visible schedule changes at airports outside Minnesota.
Eppley Airfield Thursday afternoon
Eppley Airfield’s advisory to passengers came while the outage was still affecting flights throughout the region, including OMA. For passengers, the practical step was the same across the affected airports: check the airline’s latest flight status before heading to the airport or boarding area.
The pattern by late Thursday was uneven. Some operations were starting to resume, but Eppley still showed delays and a cancellation, and Lincoln still had delayed flights listed at 4:30 p.m. Thursday. The immediate question for passengers was whether their flight had moved back onto the board, because recovery was already underway but not complete.
