FAA, flight reductions
Digest more
The federal government is ordering flight cuts at 40 major airports because of the shutdown – but it’s flyers in places like Pensacola, Florida; Moline, Illinois; Waco, Texas; and Shreveport, Louisiana who will have it the hardest.
UPDATE: 3:40 p.m.: Austin-Bergstrom International Airport announced the FAA had lifted its ground delay as of 3:34 p.m. However, George Bush Intercontinental and Houston Hobby are both seeing ground delays of 46 minutes and 2 hours 46 minutes respectively, according to the FAA.
The New York City area’s highest-volume airports, including JFK, LaGuardia and Newark, are among those set to be affected by 10% air traffic cuts that the FAA is poised to impose amid the ongoing, and longest-ever,
The FAA is expected to release an official list of dozens of airports that will be impacted by the directive to reduce flights for safety reasons. Still, on Thursday morning, news outlets began reporting which airports would be affected,