On 14 October 2026, the FAA ordered a ground stop at Los Angeles International (LAX) after an equipment outage, according to CoinNess. ABC News reported the same day that a power outage hit the airport’s air traffic control tower and that some flights were diverted to nearby airports. This is a new LAX wave — equipment / power at the tower — not the September SCT staffing stop or the late-September thunderstorm holds.
What travellers saw
A ground stop freezes departures into the hub until ATC systems are stable again; diversions add knock-on delays on banks and connections. No official tally of cancelled or delayed flights was published in the ABC and CoinNess briefs cited here. Check your carrier app and FlightAware before heading to the gate — residual delay can linger after the stop lifts.
If the schedule is critical
If you cannot absorb another LAX ATC hold into Southern California, a private jet or empty leg into an alternate SoCal field may be workable once the airspace normalises. Rahizi qualifies the brief and returns partner options.
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Facts from ABC News (tower power outage / diversions) and CoinNess (FAA ground stop / equipment outage), 14 October 2026. Always verify with your carrier.
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