July 14, 2026

United issued the first South Texas waiver for today, the FAA broadened Houston's ground-stop window to all-day, and DFW is still canceling from the weekend

ADVZY 040, written at 7:41 AM ET after the 1115Z planning webinar, changed Houston from the morning's "after 7 AM ET" to "until 8 PM ET." United posted a South Texas thunderstorm waiver covering Austin, Houston, and San Antonio. DFW still leads the nation in cancellations this morning from yesterday's storms. ATL ground stop remains possible at noon ET. No terminal ground stop or delay program is active right now.

The FAA's morning operations plan update (ADVZY 040, dated July 14, written 11:41Z) did something the morning's earlier advisory (ADVZY 026, written 4:39 AM ET) did not: it pulled the specific 7 AM ET start time off Houston and replaced it with a broad all-day window. IAH and HOU ground stops or delay programs are now listed as "POSSIBLE UNTIL 0000Z," which is 8 PM ET, with no earliest-start time. The morning issue flagged IAH and HOU as the first airports in the plan, possible after 7 AM ET. That window came and went without a ground stop firing, and the post-webinar advisory responded by spreading the risk across the entire day rather than sharpening it.

What did go live is en route, not terminal. ADVZY 040 lists two active flow control areas: FCA002 (Lake Erie West Partial) until 1500Z (11 AM ET) and FCA001 (IAH Doobi North Partial) until 1600Z (noon ET). Houston Center (ZHU) issued a CDRs advisory and published route structure due to thunderstorms in the Gulf area. Canada reduced system capacity also triggered route structure. These are airspace-level traffic management moves, not airport ground stops, but they mean weather is actively constraining routes right now even though no terminal program has fired. The SpaceX Starlink 10-45 launch from Cape Canaveral, which was blocking Atlantic Y-routes to Florida in the morning advisory, is now marked successful and its route closures are off the board.

The rest of ADVZY 040's terminal plan is unchanged from the morning. SFO ground delay program is PROBABLE after 1500Z (11 AM ET). ATL ground stop or delay program is POSSIBLE after 1600Z (noon ET). TPA and MCO are POSSIBLE after 1700Z (1 PM ET). PHX joins after 2300Z (7 PM ET), and SFO gets a second window after 0200Z (10 PM ET). DFW and DAL remain out of the terminal plan entirely, though en route CDRs, SWAP, and arrival routes for the Dallas markets are possible until 0200Z (10 PM ET). Staffing triggers are clean, none listed. The next planning webinar is scheduled for 1315Z (9:15 AM ET), which passed about an hour ago, so another advisory may follow.

United posted the first airline waiver for today

United Airlines added a South Texas Thunderstorm waiver to its travel alerts page covering July 14, 2026 travel through Austin (AUS), Houston (IAH), and San Antonio (SAT). Tickets must have been purchased by July 13. Affected passengers can rebook on United flights departing July 13 through July 17 with change fees and fare differences waived, same cabin, same cities.

This is the first carrier waiver issued for today's weather. The morning issue noted that no airline had posted a new waiver. American Airlines' DFW severe-weather waiver was for July 12 travel only (rebook through July 16, changes had to be made on the disruption date), and it has expired. American's travel alerts page currently lists only its standing Caracas, Israel, and Doha advisories. JetBlue's travel alerts page shows no July 14 weather waiver. Delta has not posted a new advisory for today.

The United waiver is significant because it covers the three South Texas markets the FAA has in its plan (IAH directly, AUS and SAT via en route constraints), and it was posted before any terminal ground stop has fired. Airlines typically wait until the post-morning FAA planning call to issue waivers, and United's timing tracks the 1115Z webinar. No other carrier has followed yet.

DFW is still leading the nation in cancellations from yesterday's storms

DFW International Airport was the hardest-hit airport in the country on Monday. The Fort Worth Report (KERA News, July 13) reported nearly 300 delayed flights and 40 cancellations as of 10 AM Monday, with the FAA reporting delays averaging 30 minutes and warning of a possible ground stop at DFW and Dallas Love Field. The Travel (July 14, 6:50 AM EDT, citing FlightAware) put the full Monday totals higher: 769 departure delays affecting 63% of DFW's flight volume, 562 arrival delays, and 44 cancellations, the most worldwide. American Airlines accounted for 51 of those cancellations and 1,408 delays.

The backlog is still working through the system this morning. As of early Tuesday, American had 16 cancellations and 106 delays, and DFW still had the most canceled departures of any US airport at 11. Some passengers reported crews timing out from the length of the disruptions, extending the impact beyond the weather itself. The NWS Fort Worth office says scattered storms are expected across North and Central Texas both today and Wednesday, with the main timing in the afternoon and evening, and a flood watch remains in effect for portions of Central Texas through this evening.

The World Cup semifinal in Arlington faces afternoon storms, but DFW is off the ground-stop list

France plays Spain in the FIFA World Cup semifinal today at 2 PM CT (3 PM ET) at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. The stadium is enclosed, so the match itself is not directly exposed to weather. But the NWS forecast for Arlington calls for thunderstorms today with a high of 87 degrees, and the storm timing (afternoon and evening) overlaps with kickoff and the post-match departure window.

The good news for fans flying in: the FAA's ADVZY 040 keeps DFW and DAL out of the terminal ground-stop plan for today, same as the morning advisory. The bad news is that DFW is still recovering from yesterday's disruptions, en route CDRs and SWAP routes for the Dallas markets are possible through 10 PM ET, and the NWS expects more storms this afternoon. DFW Airport recommends the Trinity Railway Express to CentrePort Station followed by a free match-day shuttle bus to the stadium, which avoids road traffic but still requires about a half-mile walk from the bus hub to the gates. North Texas officials recommend starting the journey up to four hours before kickoff.

What is not happening

No terminal ground stop or ground delay program is active anywhere in the country right now. NAS Status shows zero active convective programs, and FlightQueue reports all systems nominal. The Northeast remains clear of terminal initiatives for the second consecutive advisory, the first time in over a week that DCA, JFK, LGA, EWR, PHL, and BOS have been absent from the plan for two straight updates. There are no ATC staffing triggers. The IAH and HOU morning window (7 AM ET) passed without firing, the same pattern that saw DCA's 8:30 AM ground stop fail to materialize for seven consecutive days before the FAA finally dropped it. The difference is that Houston's risk was broadened, not removed, and en route weather management is actively running in the Gulf and Lake Erie regions.