The Federal Aviation Administration\u00a0is forcing airlines\u00a0to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across the nation to reduce pressure on air traffic controllers during the ongoing government shutdown and ensure that flying remains safe.<\/p>\n
Airports in Tampa, Orlando and Miami are all on the list.<\/p>\n
The FAA is imposing the flight reductions to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers who are working without pay during the government shutdown and have been increasingly calling off work. The move also comes as the Trump administration is ramping up pressure on Democrats in Congress to end the shutdown.<\/p>\n
Controllers already have missed one full paycheck and are scheduled to again receive nothing next week as the shutdown drags on.<\/p>\n
The FAA has been delaying flights at times when airports or its other facilities are short on controllers.<\/p>\n
The cuts will start to\u00a0take effect\u00a0on Friday. Travelers should check with their airlines to see if their flight has been cut. Here is a list of airports affected:<\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Aviation Administration\u00a0is forcing airlines\u00a0to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the busiest airports across…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":33783,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[11902,274,2205,28,115,139,99,277,135,137,136,278],"class_list":{"0":"post-36103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tampa","8":"tag-app-air-travel","9":"tag-app-top-stories","10":"tag-associated-press","11":"tag-florida","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-politics","15":"tag-public-safety","16":"tag-tampa","17":"tag-tampa-headlines","18":"tag-tampa-news","19":"tag-top-stories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36103","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33783"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}