FAA, flight reductions
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Sacramento International Airport could see schedule adjustments due to FAA's flight reductions
Sacramento International Airport said it may see some ripple effects after the Federal Aviation Administration ordered a reduction in flights across the country to cope with the government shutdown and federal air traffic controllers working without pay.
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 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.
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,
As the FAA prepares to reduce air traffic by 10% at 40 major U.S. airports, here's how to check TSA wait times and flight status at DFW and Love Field.
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,