DEVELOPING: Ground Stop in Place at all DC Area Airports Due to “Strong Chemical Smell”

Reagan National Airport (DCA) – via Wikimedia Commons

Ground stops have been implemented at all three major airports in the Washington, DC, area due to what the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) described as a “strong chemical smell at the Potomac TRACON.”

News Nation attributed the ground stop to equipment outages.

The FAA said in a statement,

“The FAA has temporarily stopped traffic at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), Washington Dulles International Airport...