周五晚间美国东部时间晚上 8 点 15 分左右，一项全国性的地面停飞令结束，部分国内航班重新起飞。
A nationwide ground stop that ended around 8:15 p.m. ET on Friday sent some domestic flights back into the skies.
但当局警告称，在经历了 25 年来最长的一次航班停飞后，恢复正常空中交通秩序将是一个缓慢的过程。官员表示，系统有望在感恩节出行高峰到来前恢复正常运行。
But normalizing air traffic after the longest flight stoppage in 25 years will be slow, authorities warned. Officials say the system is likely to be operating normally in time to handle the Thanksgiving travel rush.
联邦航空管理局表示，虽然部分航班于周五晚间恢复起飞，但乘客应联系各自的航空公司了解航班信息。此次停飞产生的连锁反应可能持续数天。
The Federal Aviation Administration said that while some airplane departures resumed late Friday evening, passengers should contact their airlines for information about their flights. The ripple effect from the stoppage could be felt for days.
据追踪航班中断情况的网站 FlightAware 统计，周六美国境内有超过 2500 个航班被取消，数百个航班延误。
More than 2,500 flights were canceled in the U.S. on Saturday and hundreds more were delayed, according to FlightAware, a website that tracks flight disruptions.
交通部长肖恩·达菲警告出行的美国民众，恢复空中交通正常秩序不会很快。
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy warned Americans traveling that getting air traffic back to normal won’t be quick.
国土安全部长马克韦恩·马林表示，国际航班正在根据具体情况单独处理。
International flights are being handled on a case-by-case basis, according to Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin.
航空公司有义务为希望继续行程的旅客提供免费改签至另一航班的服务，或在航班取消且旅客决定不再出行时提供退款。
Airlines are obligated to offer free rebooking on another flight for travelers who want to continue their journey, or a refund if their flight was canceled and they decide not to take the trip.
全美各地机场内，旅客盯着显示延误信息的屏幕，或匆忙寻找前往目的地的巴士或火车。
At airports across the U.S., passengers stared at screens showing delays or rushed to find buses or trains to their destinations.
埃米莉·布朗和她 14 岁的女儿周五在达拉斯机场等待飞往俄亥俄州哥伦布市的航班超过四小时后最终放弃。她们原本计划去给女儿最好的朋友一个惊喜。布朗说，结果她只能在机场含泪给朋友打电话。
Emily Brown and her 14-year-old daughter waited more than four hours Friday at the Dallas airport for their flight to Columbus, Ohio, before giving up. They were traveling to surprise her daughter’s best friend. Instead, she had to settle for phoning the friend through tears in the airport, Brown said.
“她攒钱买了自己的机票，还规划了整个周末，”布朗说。“现在我们不确定什么时候才能出发。”周六黎明时分，一名情绪高昂的西南航空登机口工作人员在达拉斯拉夫机场用“早上好，早上好”迎接乘客，但随后反复表示所有航班均已客满，并要求乘客准备好登机牌以加快流程、帮助航班保持运转。
“She saved up her money to buy her own ticket, and she’s planned this whole weekend,” Brown said. “Now we’re not sure when we’re gonna be able to go.”A cheerful Southwest Airlines gate agent greeted passengers at Dallas Love Field at dawn Saturday with “Good morning, good morning,” but then repeatedly said all flights were full and asked passengers to have boarding passes ready to expedite the process and help keep flights moving.
本周末有比赛安排的体育队伍调整了开赛时间、寻找酒店房间、改签航班并包租大巴车。
Sports teams scheduled to play this weekend adjusted game start times, searched for hotel rooms, rescheduled flights and chartered buses.
奥本大学橄榄球队选择乘坐大巴前往密西西比州立大学，周六的开赛时间从美国东部时间中午12点推迟到下午4点15分。其他受停飞影响的大学包括贝勒大学、华盛顿大学、堪萨斯州立大学、明尼苏达大学和第19名的密西西比大学，后者原本不打算等到周六早上才飞往俄克拉荷马州参加比赛。
Auburn University’s football team opted to take a bus to Mississippi State and the Saturday start time was pushed back from noon ET to 4:15 p.m. Other universities affected by the stoppage included Baylor, Washington, Kansas State, Minnesota and No. 19 Ole Miss, which did not plan to fly until Saturday morning for its game against Oklahoma.
科宾·沃舍尔周五在夏洛特道格拉斯国际机场的飞机上滞留跑道四小时，当时他正从迈阿密的一个会议返回伊利诺伊州莫林的家中。这位37岁的高中教师花100美元乘优步前往距机场25分钟车程的一家酒店，因为他找不到航班，直到周六下午才有飞往芝加哥奥黑尔国际机场的航班。
Corbyn Wascher’s flight was on the tarmac at Charlotte Douglas International Airport for four hours Friday on his way home to Moline, Illinois, from a conference in Miami. The 37-year-old high school teacher paid $100 to take an Uber to a hotel 25 minutes from the airport after he was unable to find a flight until Saturday afternoon to Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
在伦敦希思罗机场，周六多个往返美国的航班显示延误或取消，包括美国航空飞往达拉斯和洛杉矶的航班，以及英国航空飞往纽约肯尼迪机场的航班。达美航空从亚特兰大出发的航班、美国航空从迈阿密出发的航班和联合航空从芝加哥出发的航班也显示取消。
At London’s Heathrow Airport, several flights to and from the U.S. were listed as delayed or canceled Saturday, including American Airlines flights to Dallas and Los Angeles, and a British Airways flight to New York’s JFK Airport. A Delta flight from Atlanta, an American flight from Miami and a United flight from Chicago were also listed as canceled.
“虽然美国航班已恢复，但随着航空公司努力为受影响乘客改签并使所有服务恢复正常，可能会有一些后续干扰，”英国民航局消费者事务主管蒂姆·约翰逊说。
“While U.S. flights have resumed, there may be some follow-on disruption as airlines work to rebook affected passengers and get all services back to normal,” said Tim Johnson, consumer director at the U.K. Civil Aviation Authority.