Flight service will continue out of the Homer Airport despite the Federal Aviation Administration grounding all flights nationwide Friday afternoon.
Aleutian Airways employees at the Homer Airport said, for Alaska, the suspension applies to flights between Alaska and the Lower 49 states.
Aleutian is still flying its normal routes within the state.
City of Homer Special Projects and Communications Coordinator Will Anderson said the city is aware of the FAA ground stop and officials are monitoring the situation. The city will share updates if new information comes from the FAA.
Alaska’s News Source is monitoring flight impacts at the Ted Stevens International Airport in Anchorage.
According to the New York Times, Secretary of Homeland Security Markwayne Mullin said a major telecommunication outage has affected the FAA’s air traffic control system, but Trump administration officials do not yet know the cause.
This is the first nationwide ground stop since January 2023, when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned, AP reported. Before that the last time had been after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks.
“There was no indication as of yet this was a nefarious attack against us,” Mullin said.
The FAA’s ground stop order runs through at least 11 p.m. Eastern Time Friday, AP reported. There is no timeline for restarting flights.
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