The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) NOTAM computer system is back up and running following a temporary shortage, according to US Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy.
On February 2, 2025, the FAA confirmed in a statement that the NOTAM system, which provides updates about anything that may affect the safety of flight, is “online and operational.”
The outage began on February 1, 2025. Secretary Duffy said in a post on X that “all active NOTAMs were available until the time of the outage.” The agency activated its contingency system to supplement and support preflight briefings and continue flight operations.
“The FAA is working to fully restore the system, and there may be some residual delays tomorrow morning,” Duffy wrote the next day. “We are investigating the root cause, and we will provide updates. The FAA has set up a hotline to communicate with aviation stakeholders and will send notices every 30 minutes with updates on the system’s status.”
On the first day of the outage, there were 3,226 delays and 174 cancellations for flights within, into, or out of the United States, according to FlightAware data.
On February 2, 2025, there were 4,875 delays and 277 cancellations. On February 3, 2025, the day the NOTAM system was restored, the disruptions dropped significantly, with 496 total delays and 101 cancellations reported.
“There’s a process in place right now to get this system fixed,” Duffy told CNN. “We want to expedite that and get this new system in place. This is an old system that needs to be upgraded.”
In July 2024, a global IT outage led to thousands of flight delays and cancellations worldwide, with 46,013 flights delayed and 5,171 canceled on the first day of the incident.
