alt Hacker NewsIt likely means any inbound international flights can be told to turn around and/or land outside of the U.S. instead.
The intent around the ground stop is to reduce in-air U.S. traffic.
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fanatic2pope • yesterday at 9:51 PM
Makes me wonder if we'll see another "Operation Yellow Ribbon".
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Not in the industry, but I think ground stops might actually not be a regular/automated procedural thing for inbound international flights in the way that they are for domestic flights.
As for asking already airborne flights to turn around, those coming in over the ocean might simply not have a non-US alternate airport available with their fuel remaining, so that's often not an option.