A ground stop implemented due to a disabled aircraft at Midway Airport was lifted on Sunday evening, the Federal Aviation Administration said.

A ground stop was issued due to a disabled aircraft on the runway until 9 p.m. but was lifted before 8:35 p.m.

The FAA measure comes as scores of travelers tried to make it home on Sunday after hundreds of flights were delayed and canceled following a winter storm. O'Hare, meanwhile, was under a ground delay, which was averaging 92 minutes.

On Saturday, 8.4 inches of snow fell at O’Hare, setting a record for the highest single calendar day snowfall in November at the airport, according to the National Weather Service. That broke the previous record of 8 inches on Nov. 6, 1951.

Roads leading to O'Hare were packed Sunday with slow-moving vehicles

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