{"id":41473,"date":"2025-11-06T22:21:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/41473\/"},"modified":"2025-11-06T22:21:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T22:21:15","slug":"what-airports-are-being-hit-by-faa-cutbacks-how-can-i-navigate-the-chaos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/41473\/","title":{"rendered":"What airports are being hit by FAA cutbacks? How can I navigate the chaos?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s move to cut commercial air traffic at 40 airports by as much as 10%,<\/a> beginning Friday, is expected to have wide-ranging impacts in California and across the nation.<\/p>\n

The cuts have been prompted by the government shutdown, which has left air traffic controllers working without pay. FAA officials say the goal is to maintain travel safety. Since the shutdown began Oct. 1, nearly 13,000 air traffic controllers have been working unpaid \u2014 or calling out sick. <\/p>\n

With growing fatigue among controllers, Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy said he did not want to wait until staffing pressures compromised safety.<\/p>\n

What will change?<\/p>\n

As many as 1,800 flights a day across the country could be canceled.<\/p>\n

The cuts could affect about 1,800 flights and 268,000 passengers in the U.S. a day, according to aviation analytics firm Cirium. About 72 flights a day could be cut at Los Angeles International Airport alone, affecting 12,371 passengers a day, Cirium estimated. An additional 105 flights could be canceled at the four other California airports targeted for reductions.<\/p>\n

What airports will be impacted?<\/p>\n

The FAA has not commented publicly. But here is a list from the Associated Press:<\/p>\n

1. Anchorage International in Alaska<\/p>\n

2. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in Georgia<\/p>\n

3. Boston Logan International in Massachusetts<\/p>\n

4. Baltimore\/Washington International in Maryland<\/p>\n

5. Charlotte Douglas International in North Carolina<\/p>\n

6. Cincinnati\/Northern Kentucky International in Ohio<\/p>\n

7. Dallas Love Field in Texas<\/p>\n

8. Ronald Reagan Washington National in Virginia<\/p>\n

9. Denver International in Colorado<\/p>\n

10. Dallas\/Fort Worth International in Texas<\/p>\n

11. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County in Michigan<\/p>\n

12. Newark Liberty International in New Jersey<\/p>\n

13. Fort Lauderdale\/Hollywood International in Florida<\/p>\n

14. Honolulu International in Hawaii<\/p>\n

15. Houston Hobby in Texas<\/p>\n

16. Washington Dulles International in Virginia<\/p>\n

17. George Bush Houston Intercontinental in Texas<\/p>\n

18. Indianapolis International in Indiana<\/p>\n

19. John F. Kennedy International in New York<\/p>\n

20. Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas<\/p>\n

21. Los Angeles International in California<\/p>\n

22. LaGuardia Airport in New York<\/p>\n

23. Orlando International in Florida<\/p>\n

24. Chicago Midway International in Illinois<\/p>\n

25. Memphis International in Tennessee<\/p>\n

26. Miami International in Florida<\/p>\n

27. Minneapolis\/St Paul International in Minnesota<\/p>\n

28. Oakland International in California<\/p>\n

29. Ontario International in California<\/p>\n

30. Chicago O`Hare International in Illinois<\/p>\n

31. Portland International in Oregon<\/p>\n

32. Philadelphia International in Pennsylvania<\/p>\n

33. Phoenix Sky Harbor International in Arizona<\/p>\n

34. San Diego International in California<\/p>\n

35. Louisville International in Kentucky<\/p>\n

36. Seattle\/Tacoma International in Washington<\/p>\n

37. San Francisco International in California<\/p>\n

38. Salt Lake City International in Utah<\/p>\n

39. Teterboro in New Jersey<\/p>\n

40. Tampa International in Florida<\/p>\n

When will the reductions begin to show?<\/p>\n

A shortage of air traffic controllers has caused delays for weeks, including at LAX and Burbank airport. But officials said the flight reductions will begin Friday and continue until they amount to a 10% cut.<\/p>\n

Officials urged passengers to check with airlines for the status of their flights but warned flights could be canceled with little notice.<\/p>\n

The FAA has a website that tracks national airspace issues.<\/a> Experts advise monitoring your airline websites and getting alerts to your phone.Here are more tips<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Officials said the decision to cut flights was motivated by data about what areas faced the greatest staffing pressures that could compromise safety.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not based on what airline … has more flights out of what location,\u201d Duffy said. \u201cThis is about where is the pressure, and how do we alleviate the pressure?\u201d<\/p>\n

What about international flights?<\/p>\n

International flights are expected to be exempt from the cuts. But passengers making connecting flights before they head overseas could face issues as the cuts target several of the nation\u2019s busiest hubs, including Atlanta, Denver, Dallas, Orlando and Miami.<\/p>\n

Associated Press contributed to this report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Aviation Administration\u2019s move to cut commercial air traffic at 40 airports by as much as 10%,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41474,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[17023,4700,7,28065,28062,13396,217,28063,28061,4909,553,48,52,51,47,50,49,16208,564,6347,28064],"class_list":["post-41473","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-los-angeles","tag-airline","tag-airport","tag-california","tag-chicago-midway-international","tag-commercial-air-traffic","tag-cut","tag-day","tag-faa-cutback","tag-faa-official","tag-flight","tag-florida","tag-la","tag-la-headlines","tag-la-news","tag-los-angeles","tag-los-angeles-headlines","tag-los-angeles-news","tag-passenger","tag-texas","tag-travel-safety","tag-washington-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41473","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=41473"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41473\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=41473"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=41473"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=41473"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}