It was not clear how many planes or passengers were affected. Details about the problem at the traffic control facility were not immediately available.
Departures from both National and Dulles were subjected to a ground stop, according to Crystal Nosal, a spokeswoman for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, which operates both airports. Flights from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport and Richmond International Airport also were affected, officials said.
The FAA said it had switched to a backup facility, and at 7:11 p.m. a spokeswoman said in an email that departures to airports in the Washington area, as well as BWI and Richmond, had resumed. The FAA initially reported the situation at 6:17 p.m. It was not immediately known exactly when the interruption began or how many planes or passengers were affected.Details about the problem at the traffic control facility were not immediately available, but part of the power system was apparently involved. The FAA said repairs to a communications power panel had been completed. A backup system handled communications during the repairs, the FAA said.
Initially, the FAA said it had paused departures to D.C.-area airports while repairs to a communications system were made at Potomac Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility in Warrenton, Va. The facility provides air traffic control services to the Baltimore/Washington and Richmond/Charlottesville areas, according to the FAA.
It also controls the airspace over Joint Base Andrews, Reagan National and Dulles International airports, BWI and several other airports in the region, an FAA website said.
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