Ground stop: Flight delays hit Milwaukee business

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Nov 15, 2026
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Rio Preciado talked with businesses
still navigating the ripple effects.
I just think got to roll with the flow and just be flexible.
It's the model Tracy Schmidt says keeps her airport parking
and shuttle service business going at times like this.
And we just started taking phone calls of people just saying
we don't know when we're going to be able to get home.
This comes after Friday's four-hour nationwide FAA ground stop.
Halted flights across the country
and triggered domino effects into the weekend.
It's a financial hit businesses like Schmitz are facing head on.
I did refund some of the folks
who had to cancel their trips completely.
On top of refunds, Schmitz is also juggling overlapping reservations
as stranded travelers stay longer than planned.
Dave and Clarabelle and his wife are among
the hundreds of customers caught in the middle.
So we just stayed in the Orlando airport from...
Three to seven o'clock this morning, then flew to Nashville,
missed the flight there because of that.
We caught up with them after that long trip
at the parking lot where they came to finally pick up their car.
While some families are making it back, others are still stuck waiting.
I have people that are sitting in Las Vegas
that they can't even get home until Tuesday or Wednesday,
possibly, before they can get flights back in.
Schmidt's hopes things will get back on track soon
and this business tells me they're taking
it flight by flight as they wait
for those customers that are still stranded to make
it back home to Milwaukee.
Reporting outside of Mitchell International Airport,
Abril Preciado, Fox 6 News.
