Alabama airports see handful of flight delays after FAA ground stop

Alabama airports see handful of flight delays after FAA ground stop

A handful of flights across Alabama were delayed Wednesday morning due to a nationwide computer issue.

The Federal Aviation Administration ordered a stop to all departures across the country for about two hours and the delay was lifted shortly after 8 a.m. The FAA said there was an overnight outage to the Notice to Air Missions system.

Across Alabama, major airports had a handful of flight delays related to the national ground stop.

As of about 9:30 a.m., Birmingham International Airport listed five delayed flights on its website. At Huntsville International Airport, four flights were listed as delayed.

At Montgomery Regional Airport, there were two delays. And at Mobile Regional Airport, there were also two delays.