{"id":43160,"date":"2025-11-07T22:32:39","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:32:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/43160\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T22:32:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T22:32:39","slug":"flight-cancellations-hit-bakersfield-as-faa-reduces-flights-at-40-major-us-airports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/43160\/","title":{"rendered":"Flight cancellations hit Bakersfield as FAA reduces flights at 40 major US airports"},"content":{"rendered":"

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Hundreds of flights have been canceled across the country, including Bakersfield, after the FAA announced it would be reducing flights at 40 major U.S. airports.<\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: 1,000+ flights delayed, 800+ canceled as FAA cuts flights to ensure safety amid shutdown<\/a><\/p>\n

As of Friday afternoon, Meadows Field saw two flights affected<\/a>, one arriving and one departing.<\/p>\n

An American Airlines flight from Bakersfield to Phoenix Sky Harbor International, which was scheduled at 4 p.m., was cancelled.<\/p>\n

The other flight was an American Airlines flight, scheduled to depart at 4:30 p.m., from Phoenix to Bakersfield.<\/p>\n

Phoenix Sky Harbor International was one of the 40 listed to face flight reductions.<\/a><\/p>\n

SEE ALSO: LIST: 40 major US airports face flight reductions starting Friday morning<\/a><\/p>\n

Airlines are required to issue refunds to passengers who are affected but are not required to cover costs such as hotels if a passenger’s flight is cancelled, according to the Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 Hundreds of flights have been canceled across the country, including Bakersfield, after the FAA…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":43161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-43160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43160","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=43160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}