{"id":42824,"date":"2025-11-11T19:57:37","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/42824\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T19:57:37","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:57:37","slug":"florida-airports-see-delays-cancellations-as-shutdown-continues-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/42824\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida airports see delays, cancellations as shutdown continues | National"},"content":{"rendered":"

(The Center Square) \u2014 Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and thousands more delayed at Florida\u2019s four major airports since the federal government began making cutbacks on Friday.<\/p>\n

As of Monday morning, 816 flights had been canceled and more than 4,399 were delayed at airports in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa, according to the live tracking site Flight Aware.<\/p>\n

The airports are among 40 nationwide affected by an ongoing government shutdown. The Federal Aviation Administration announced last week it would begin reducing operations at high-traffic airports to maintain safety standards while federal workers, including airport employees, remain unpaid during the shutdown.<\/p>\n

The affected airports could see operations reduce by 10% if the shutdown continues. Lawmakers on Sunday began advancing a deal to reopen the government<\/a> before the busy Thanksgiving travel season begins. \u00a0<\/p>\n

Orlando International Airport has seen the most delays and cancellations of the four major Florida airports \u2014 263 cancellations and 1,707 delays since Friday.<\/p>\n

Cancellations over the last 24 hours show an 8% drop in activity at the airport compared to this same week in 2023, according to Flight Aware.<\/p>\n

The Orlando airport said Friday it expects to see fewer arrivals and departures but added that federal airport employees have continued to work through the shutdown.<\/p>\n

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Miami International Airport shows a 9% increase in flight activity compared to this week in 2023, despite 215 cancellations and 1,199 delays since Friday, according to Flight Aware.<\/p>\n

Fort Lauderdale International Airport is experiencing a 1% drop in flight activity, with 183 cancellations and 856 delays since Friday.<\/p>\n

Tampa International Airport is showing a 5% drop, with 155 cancellations and 637 delays. The airport is the 27th largest in the U.S. and said Monday that a majority of flights remain on time and that travelers should contact their airline for updates.<\/p>\n

The FAA has required airlines to issue full refunds for cancellations,, although they are not required to cover secondary costs.<\/p>\n

The FAA\u2019s phased approach to reducing operations began at 4% on Friday. On Tuesday, reductions will hit 6%, with the goal of a 10% reduction by this Friday.<\/p>\n

Airline carriers are responsible for deciding which flights are cancelled in order to comply with the cutbacks.<\/p>\n

U.S. senators who stayed in session over the weekend voted 60-40 late Sunday to advance a bill that would reopen the government. The measure still needs approval from the full Senate and House and President Trump.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(The Center Square) \u2014 Hundreds of flights have been cancelled and thousands more delayed at Florida\u2019s four major…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":42825,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[20372,6731,24913,7811,249,251,1771,250,3847,8848],"class_list":["post-42824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-airline","tag-airport","tag-aviation","tag-federal-aviation-administration","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-hollywood-international-airport","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-orlando-international-airport","tag-transport"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42824","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=42824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42824\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42825"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}