A ground stop at Miami International is forcing flights to circle or divert to nearby airports.
A British Airways A380 aircraft just diverted to Orlando International Airport after circling during one hour over Freeport, Grand Bahama.
The plane registration G-XLEA departed London Heathrow at 10am BST today for a scheduled flight time of 9 hours and 35 minutes.
Heavy thunderstorms reduced visibility to only 1/2 mile at 2:30 pm local time. The FAA issued a ground stop for departures to Miami International.
As per FlightAware, 368 flights have been delayed today and 20 canceled so far at 20:20 GMT.
The British Airways return flight BA206 to LHR is expected to depart late.
