ground stop (English, noun)
expansion: ground stop (plural ground stops)
Senses:
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The halting of air traffic for a particular airport, with no arrivals allowed and all departures held on the ground.
topics: aeronautics
aerospace
aviation
business
engineering
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
glosses: The cessation of all take-offs for flights meeting particular criteria, such as geographic region, aircraft type, airline, etc, keeping these grounded.
Forms:
form: ground stops
tags: plural