Flights halted at Washingtons Reagan airport for a short while after reported risk

All flights into and out of Ronald Reagan National Airport, one of many nation’s busiest airports, had been halted for a time on Tuesday (November 4, 2025) resulting from a reported bomb risk, federal authorities introduced.

The risk was directed in direction of a United Airlines flight touring from Houston, Texas to the Washington, D.C. space airport, U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy stated on X.

All different flights had been placed on maintain whereas the plane was moved to an remoted space of the airport. The 89 passengers and 6 crew members disembarked from the Boeing 737 aircraft and had been bussed to the terminal, United Airlines and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority stated.

The FBI Washington Field Office’s National Capital Response Squad responded to the reported risk and stated no hazardous supplies had been discovered. Law enforcement is now investigating the risk itself, authorities stated.

All airport operations resumed at roughly 1:30 p.m. ET, in keeping with Duffy, who thanked regulation enforcement for responding swiftly.

Before flights resumed, the typical delay time for departing flights outdoors of the airport was 51 minutes on Tuesday afternoon, in keeping with the the Federal Aviation Administration. The most delay time was over two hours.

Flight delays throughout the nation have been on the rise because the federal authorities enters the second month of a shutdown, leaving air site visitors controllers to work with out pay.