LaGuardia Airport in New York suspended all arriving and departing flights Friday night, November 13, forcing passengers out of terminal gate areas as airport operations came to a halt.

The shutdown disrupted travel for passengers scheduled to depart from or arrive at one of the country's busiest airports. Travelers were directed away from gate areas as officials suspended normal operations for the remainder of the night.

The development comes amid a series of nationwide aviation disruptions after a telecommunications outage affecting the Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) systems prompted a ground stop at airports across the United States.

Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin said the nationwide ground stop was caused by a telecommunications outage affecting FAA systems. He said there was no reason to connect the disruption to a separate Microsoft outage, although officials had not ruled out a cyberattack or an issue involving Super Intelligence (SI).

The FAA and airport officials had not provided further details explaining LaGuardia's overnight shutdown or announced when normal flight operations would resume. Passengers were advised to contact their airlines for updated flight information and rebooking arrangements.