Another ground stop at DFW Airport due to possible COVID-19 exposure

COVID-19 cleaning prompts another ground stop at DFW Airport

Another case of COVID-19 impacted air travel into and out of North Texas Monday. FOX 4's Dan Godwin explains.

DALLAS - For the second time in a week, the Federal Aviation Administration had to stop some airport operations and clean out one of its centers in North Texas.

The airspace over DFW Airport was temporarily closed Monday night because an employee at the Terminal Radar Approach Control Facility tested positive for COVID-19.

The building had to undergo a thorough cleaning and the other flight controllers had to be moved to one of the airport control towners at DFW so that they could continue guiding flights in and out of the airport.

The cleaning only lasted about an hour but it resulted in hundreds of flight delays and some cancelations.

This past Wednesday night, there was a similar COVID-19-related problem that shut down another FAA control facility, triggering a ground stop at both DFW Airport and Dallas Love Field.

The shutdown this time around did not cause as many headaches as last week, when flights to and from Dallas were halted for several hours and some travelers ended up stuck in Dallas overnight.

Still, FlightAware.com reported there were more than 350 flight delays at DFW Airport on Monday and eight canceled flights.