{"id":160352,"date":"2026-02-11T19:18:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:18:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/160352\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T19:18:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T19:18:06","slug":"juarez-international-airport-operating-normally-after-temporary-el-paso-airspace-closure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/160352\/","title":{"rendered":"Ju\u00e1rez International Airport operating normally after temporary El Paso airspace closure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CIUDAD JU\u00c1REZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) &#8212; The temporary flight restriction <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/news\/top-stories\/2026\/02\/11\/all-flights-to-and-from-el-paso-santa-teresa-grounded\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">was lifted<\/a> just hours after the FAA issued it overnight, leaving travelers wondering if Ju\u00e1rez International Airport might be an alternative for their travel plans.<\/p>\n<p>According to local reports, Abraham Gonz\u00e1lez International Airport in Ju\u00e1rez continued operating normally with its scheduled departures and arrivals on Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p>As of now, no travel changes, cancellations, or modifications have been reported.<\/p>\n<p>Mexican National Guard personnel and soldiers operating airport security have said that all airlines are operating normally.<\/p>\n<p>ABC-7 reached out to the Ju\u00e1rez Municipal Police (SSPM), the Chihuahua State Police (SSPE), and Ju\u00e1rez Civil Protection Departments for more information on the operation of their special units after Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy reported that the flight restrictions were due to a Mexican cartel drone incursion on the border.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full story tonight on ABC-7 at 4, 5, and 6 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>BE PART OF THE CONVERSATION<\/p>\n<p>KVIA ABC 7 is committed to providing a forum for civil and constructive conversation.<\/p>\n<p>Please keep your comments respectful and relevant. You can review our Community Guidelines by <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/station\/2022\/07\/15\/community-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">clicking here <\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you would like to share a story idea, please submit it <a href=\"https:\/\/kvia.com\/share\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CIUDAD JU\u00c1REZ, Chihuahua (KVIA) &#8212; The temporary flight restriction was lifted just hours after the FAA issued it&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":160353,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[138,140,139],"class_list":["post-160352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-el-paso","tag-el-paso","tag-el-paso-headlines","tag-el-paso-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160352","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=160352"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/160352\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/160353"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=160352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=160352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=160352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}