The Federal Aviation Administration grounded domestic flights in the U.S. Friday, sighting communication issues and an abundance of safety precautions.
An FAA notice stated that the groundings were tied to issues at regional air traffic control centers.
The Associated Press reported that some U.S. flights and some international flights departing U.S. airspace would resume Friday.
But dozens of flights at the five main airports serving South Carolina — Charlotte Douglas International Airport, Greenville-Spartanburg International Airport, Charleston International Airport, Myrtle Beach International Airport, and Columbia Municipal Airport — were canceled or delayed Friday and are expected to remain so into the weekend, according to the airports’ flight status reports.
Flights at Myrtle Beach were slated to resume as early as Saturday morning, according to the airport's flight status record.
Friday’s grounding by the FAA was the first nationwide ground stop since January 2023, when a key FAA computer system malfunctioned, AP reported.
The prior time the FAA grounded flights nationally was Sept. 11, 2001.
