Interior view of an airport terminal featuring a spacious concourse, American flag display, and travelers walking towards various amenities and transportation options.

Interior view of an airport terminal featuring a spacious concourse, American flag display, and travelers walking towards various amenities and transportation options.
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 (IAD) and Baltimore-Washington International Airport (BWI) because of a strong chemical smell at the Potomac TRACON that is impacting some air traffic controllers.”

Per The DMV Live:

The Potomac Consolidated TRACON (PCT) in Warrenton, Virginia, “provides air traffic control service to the Baltimore-Washington and the Richmond-Charlottesville Areas,” according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

“PCT controls the airspace over Andrews, BWI, Ronald Reagan, Dulles, Richmond and many other area airports.”

Per ABC 7:

The TRACON facility also serves Richmond International Airport, which is also under a ground stop, according to the FAA.

Philadelphia International Airport was also on a ground delay due to “equipment outages.”

This is a developing story.

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