Charted: Here's how FAA ground stop compares to other flight cancellations, delays this year

The Federal Aviation Administration's nationwide ground stop — which lasted about four hours on Friday — caused the second-highest number of flight cancellations this year, according to a Get the Facts Data Team analysis of FlightAware data.

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It was surpassed by the major winter storm earlier this year that led to more than 11,500 canceled flights on Jan. 25.

FlightAware data as of 9 a.m. EST on Saturday shows more than 9,100 flights canceled within, into, or out of the U.S. on Nov. 13. More than 7,200 flights were delayed, although some were delayed prior to the FAA ground stop, and that's not an abnormal number of delays.

The cancellations have spilled into Saturday. More than 3,700 flights within, into, or out of the U.S. are canceled as of 9 a.m. EST.

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