{"id":37631,"date":"2025-11-07T18:25:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/37631\/"},"modified":"2025-11-07T18:25:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-07T18:25:08","slug":"faa-cuts-trigger-flight-reductions-at-fll-and-mia-amid-shutdown-country-99-1-wqik","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/37631\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA Cuts Trigger Flight Reductions At FLL And MIA Amid Shutdown | Country 99.1 WQIK"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Miami, FL &#8211; Travelers flying in and out of South Florida are preparing for major disruptions after the Federal Aviation Administration instructed airlines to scale back traffic at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Miami International Airport due to the ongoing government shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>According to FlightAware, more than 760 flights scheduled for Friday nationwide had already been canceled by Thursday evening, a figure expected to rise as airlines adjust their operations at affected airports. <\/p>\n<p>FLL and MIA are among 40 airports selected for mandatory traffic cuts across more than two dozen states.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA order calls for a four percent reduction in scheduled operations beginning Friday, increasing to ten percent by November 14. <\/p>\n<p>Ryan Gorman and Dana McKay cover this story and more on <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/faa-orders-flight-reductions-amid-shutdown-pelosi-retires\/id1606462932?i=1000735732598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">The Ryan Gorman Show<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>The limits will apply daily from six in the morning to ten at night and affect all commercial carriers operating at both South Florida airports.<\/p>\n<p>International flights are exempt from the reductions.<\/p>\n<p>The FAA stated that the changes are necessary to maintain safe operations as air traffic controllers continue working through staffing shortages linked to the shutdown.<\/p>\n<p>Airlines began adjusting their schedules shortly after the directive was issued.<\/p>\n<p>Carriers operating at FLL and MIA are expected to cancel flights across multiple domestic routes, and some may target service to small and mid sized markets first.<\/p>\n<p>American Airlines, which has a major presence at MIA, said it removed about four percent of its flights through Monday as an initial step.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers traveling through South Florida this weekend have already begun modifying plans due to uncertainty about cancellations.<\/p>\n<p>Industry projections estimate that nationwide cuts could affect up to 1,800 flights per day until controller staffing levels improve and safety metrics stabilize.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami, FL &#8211; Travelers flying in and out of South Florida are preparing for major disruptions after the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37632,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[20371,15765,961,25742,7810,25740,25741,249,251,250,2582,8312,1063,6729,807,729,16155],"class_list":["post-37631","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-airlines","tag-american-airlines","tag-cuts","tag-disruptions","tag-faa","tag-flight-reductions","tag-fll","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-government-shutdown","tag-mia","tag-miami-international-airport","tag-shutdown","tag-south-florida","tag-traffic","tag-travelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37631","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=37631"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37631\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}