Philadelphia TRACON
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Oct 15, 2026
DennisHOST
Now, that in and of itself shouldn't cause the outage that we saw.
DennisHOST
But apparently, the Philadelphia TRACON was already experiencing problems with their primary connection, and this was their backup.
DennisHOST
So, again...
DennisHOST
Just the perfect storm of calamities.
Rob BresnahanGUEST
We were talking about the $12.5 billion for air traffic control modernization that was incorporated inside of the working family, DexCuts.
Rob BresnahanGUEST
Did you see what just happened yesterday in Philadelphia, Newark? A company was excavating near an ANTRAC line and dug through a fiber optic line that controlled the Philadelphia TRACON.
Rob BresnahanGUEST
There were hundreds and hundreds of flight cancellations and disaster wreaked inside of the airspace system in the Northeast.
Rob BresnahanGUEST
This was just yesterday.
Frances WangCORRESPONDENT
But this is actually unrelated.
Frances WangCORRESPONDENT
This is stemming out of the air traffic facility control operations in Philadelphia, Philadelphia TRACON, uh, and this is causing issues not only at Newark, but also at Teterboro and Philadelphia Airport as well.
Frances WangCORRESPONDENT
So we were just at Newark Airport, uh, for the last couple of hours.
Frances WangCORRESPONDENT
I can tell you I was there as so many travelers realized that their flights were either delayed or canceled.
Frances WangCORRESPONDENT
In fact, a lot of them did not know that there was an issue related to, again, the Philadelphia TRACON facility.
Frances WangCORRESPONDENT
It was a frequency issue related to equipment outages that led to the ground stop of flights into Newark Airport.
Frances WangCORRESPONDENT
We actually just checked FlightAware before coming to you, Lisa.
Rory MonaghanHOST
[whooshing] An equipment outage tied to a severed fiber optic line disrupted flights at major Northeast US airports Monday, delaying hundreds of flights and affecting thousands of travelers.
Rory MonaghanHOST
The Federal Aviation Administration issued ground stops at Newark Liberty Airport, Teterboro, Philadelphia International, LaGuardia, and John F. Kennedy airports because of issues at Philadelphia TRACON, an FAA facility that uses radar and radio communications to guide aircraft arriving at and departing from airports across the whole region.
Rory MonaghanHOST
FAA administrator Brian Bedford told Reuters that a construction crew accidentally cut a backup fiber optic line in New Jersey.
Rory MonaghanHOST
Bedford said a replacement circuit was expected to come online im- imminently, but repairs to the backup line could have taken up to 13 hours or more.
Sarah BloomquistHOST
More than 1000 flights were canceled nationwide and over 6000 were delayed with Newark and Philadelphia hit the hardest.
Sarah BloomquistHOST
Disruptions were tied to an equipment failure at Philadelphia TRACON, the air traffic control facility responsible for guiding flights in and out of Philadelphia and Newark.
Sarah BloomquistHOST
The primary circuit that failed is due to be replaced as part of a massive overhaul of the nation's air traffic control system.
Brian TaftHOST
Well, the search continues today for a man who sexually assaulted a woman who was visiting Philadelphia.
Elizabeth WorthingtonCORRESPONDENT
There's 22 canceled flights that were meant to land at PHL this morning.
Elizabeth WorthingtonCORRESPONDENT
Again, this is all due to that massive equipment failure at Philadelphia TRACON.
Elizabeth WorthingtonCORRESPONDENT
That is the air traffic control facility that guides flights in and out of Philadelphia and Newark.
Elizabeth WorthingtonCORRESPONDENT
A circuit blew there Monday morning, cutting off the primary communications line But just to make matters worse, the backup fiber optic line was accidentally cut by New Jersey Transit construction crew that was working in Middlesex County yesterday.
Leland PinderCORRESPONDENT
Yeah, man, nothing works.
Leland PinderCORRESPONDENT
Airspace closed after a blown circuit knocked out communication at Philadelphia Tracon, the air traffic control facility which monitors flights in and out of Philadelphia and Newark.
Leland PinderCORRESPONDENT
The backup fiber line also out of service, accidentally severed by an NJ Transit crew working in Middlesex County.
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All data coming through that circuit was lost.
John HeidtCORRESPONDENT
Both an aging circuit and its backup system failed.
John HeidtCORRESPONDENT
Earlier Monday, impacting the Philadelphia TRACON facility, which integrates radar approach control and air traffic control operations.
John HeidtCORRESPONDENT
Those failures triggered ground stops at Newark Liberty International, Teterboro, Philadelphia International, LaGuardia, and JFK International airports.
John HeidtCORRESPONDENT
The travel meltdown came as world leaders were gathering in New York.
JeremyHOST
Flights are beginning to take off again after the FAA ordered hours-long ground stops at some of the largest airports in the United States due to an air traffic controlled equipment outage on the East Coast.
JeremyHOST
According to Reuters, the widespread incident began late Monday morning when a circuit blew at the Philadelphia TRACON facility, which handles air traffic for Philadelphia and the New Jersey area.
JeremyHOST
The outage initially led to ground stops at Philadelphia International Airport, Newark Liberty International Airport, and New Jersey's private Teterboro Airport.
JeremyHOST
After high-profile equipment outages in the spring of 2025, the TRACON facility received a backup system that would kick on in the event of an equipment failure.
Omar JimenezCORRESPONDENT
Right now, we're tracking JFK, uh, Newark Liberty International Airport, and these ground stops have been cited due to equipment outages by the FAA.
Omar JimenezCORRESPONDENT
Now, part of what we've heard from, uh, the FAA, uh, to this point is that the, they issued ground stops due to issues with Philadelphia TRACON.
Omar JimenezCORRESPONDENT
So that stands for Terminal Radar Approach Control.
Omar JimenezCORRESPONDENT
It's essentially a facility that combines radar approach control and air traffic control operations.
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