The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued ground stops for flights at several airports in the Washington, DC, and Maryland area, due to an “environmental issue” at a government facility, according to multiple reports.
Pete Muntean, a CNN correspondent, shared in a post on X that the FAA issued ground stops at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD), Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI), Richmond International Airport (RIC), and Charlottesville-Albemarle Airport (CHO).
Muntean also shared that Potomac TRACON, a “key radar facility handling” airspace in the nation’s capital, “has been evacuated to ‘ATC ZERO.’”…