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The Federal Aviation Administration lifts its ground stop
Departure delays are reported in Los Angeles, Las Vegas and Salt Lake City
LAX is the sixth busiest airport in the world, third busiest in the United States
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Computer issues prompted a temporary ground stop at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) on Wednesday.
The computer failure occurred at the Federal Aviation Administration’s Los Angeles Flight Center, which controls air traffic for the region.
All arriving flights that were inside the flight center’s airspace at the time of the ground stop landed at the airport, according to LAX spokeswoman Nancy Suey Castles.
Approximately 10 inbound flights that were outside that airspace were diverted to other airports.
“Airlines at LAX are reporting an estimated 10 cancellations and 110 departure delays throughout tonight,” the spokeswoman said.
Photos: U.S. airports: Best and worst
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U.S. airports: Best and worst —
Travel+Leisure's 2013 list of best and worst airports in the United States rated Portland International Airport (pictured) in Oregon as the nation's best. Click through the gallery for a sampling of the beautiful and the damned.
Photos: U.S. airports: Best and worst
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Best: Cincinnati/No. Kentucky International —
Cincinnati's airport was the first U.S. airport to show up on a recent Skytrax list of world's top 100 airports -- at No. 27. It didn't crack the U.S. top 15 in Travel+Leisure's 2013 list.
Photos: U.S. airports: Best and worst
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Best: Tampa International —
No sad cough den here -- even the smoking area at the Tampa, Florida, airport has a certain panache. It placed second in the 2013 Travel+Leisure list of best U.S. airports.
Photos: U.S. airports: Best and worst
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Best: Austin-Bergstrom International —
Good barbecue and Tex-Mex food propelled the Austin, Texas, airport to number three on the Travel+Leisure list. "You're likely to be among the happy fliers here," the magazine reported.
Photos: U.S. airports: Best and worst
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Best: Nashville International —
"The hallmark of Nashville International is efficiency, with one of the lowest incidences of delays," wrote T+L, which ranked the airport eighth best in the U.S.
Photos: U.S. airports: Best and worst
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Worst: LaGuardia Airport —
Ah, LaGuardia, whipping post of travelers to New York, including Vice President Joe Biden, who opined in February that the airport "feels like it's in some third world country." Travel+Leisure called it the second worst airport in the U.S., reserving the ignominy of being best at being worst for Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport in Little Rock, Arkansas.
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Worst: Newark Liberty —
If you don't want to fly to New York via LaGuardia there's always Newark Liberty, which came in as fourth worst on the T+L poll. "Flight delays and lengthy lines at check-in are perennial gripes about Newark, as is the location," reported the magazine.
Photos: U.S. airports: Best and worst
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Worst: John F. Kennedy International —
If you don't want to fly to New York via LaGuardia or Newark Liberty, there's always JFK. Hmm, we're sensing a trend here. Number six on the T+L ugly list.
Photos: U.S. airports: Best and worst
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Worst: Los Angeles International —
LAX ranked seventh worst in the nation, though expansion and renovation of the Tom Bradley International Terminal in September 2013 should lessen the litany insults regularly hurled its way by defeated travelers.
Photos: U.S. airports: Best and worst
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Worst: Philadelphia International —
Judged eighth worst in the U.S., Philly's airport got demerits for long lines and delays, but did get some love for the availability of decent cheesesteaks.
Earlier, FAA spokeswoman Laura Brown stressed that radar was not down and that authorities hoped to resolve the computer glitch soon. The agency had warned of the potential for gridlock at some area airports, citing significant volume already en route.
Departure delays of up to two hours were reported at LAX, one hour at Salt Lake City International Airport and up to an hour and a half at McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas.
Officials had said ground stops were also in effect at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Long Beach Airport and John Wayne Airport, all in California.
According to LAX, the airport is the sixth busiest in the world, and the third busiest in the United States.
CNN’s Sean Morris, Cheri Mossburg, Aaron Cooper, Rene Marsh and Sonya Hamasaki contributed to this report.
