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HOUSTON – As the longest government shutdown<\/a> in U.S. history stretches on, travelers are seeing the impacts at airports in multiple ways.<\/p>\n Here\u2019s how to check your flight status and TSA wait times at Houston airports.<\/p>\n Flights canceled at Bush, Hobby airports What is happening? <\/p>\n The Federal Aviation Administration ordered flights to be reduced at 40 airports <\/a>starting Friday.<\/p>\n The FAA said the reductions would start at 4% and ramp up to 10% by Nov. 14. They are to be in effect between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. and impact all commercial airlines.<\/p>\n Why is this happening? <\/p>\n The agency said the cutbacks are necessary to relieve pressure on air traffic controllers who have been working without pay for more than a month. Many are pulling six-day work weeks with mandatory overtime, and increasing numbers of them have begun calling out as the financial strain and exhaustion mount.<\/p>\n How to check for flight cancellations <\/p>\n Airlines said they would try to minimize\u00a0impact on customers. Some planned to focus on slashing routes to and from small and medium-size cities.<\/p>\n Airlines directed passengers with plans into the weekend to check apps to learn their flight status.<\/p>\n Carriers are required to refund customers whose flights are canceled but not to cover secondary costs such as food and hotel accommodations unless a delay or cancellation results from a contributing factor that is within the control of the airlines, according to the Department of Transportation.<\/p>\n Potential longer wait times at TSA screening lanes What is happening? <\/p>\n Travelers are being warned to arrive significantly earlier than usual at Houston airports amid longer wait times at TSA security checkpoints.<\/p>\n Why is this happening? <\/p>\n The high wait times are compounded by reduced checkpoint availability. Airport officials say the federal shutdown has impacted TSA staffing and operations nationwide.<\/p>\n Starting Nov. 1, Bush Airport began limiting security checkpoints to only Terminals A and E<\/a>.<\/p>\n Hobby Airport also advised\u00a0<\/a>travelers that fewer screening lanes might be open.<\/p>\n How to check TSA wait times <\/p>\n Travelers can check wait times on the Houston Airport System website. However, the website warns that the times are estimates and actual security lines may be longer than shown.<\/p>\n Travelers are advised to arrive early.<\/p>\n Flight delays What is happening? <\/p>\n Over the past few weeks, the FAA has reported staffing shortages causing flight delays at several major airports.<\/p>\n U.S. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has been warning that travelers will start to see more flight disruptions the longer controllers go without a paycheck.<\/p>\n Why is this happening? <\/p>\n Staffing shortages can occur both in regional control centers that manage multiple airports and in individual airport towers, but they don\u2019t always lead to flight disruptions.<\/p>\n Ground delays can be ordered at specific airports to reduce air traffic in order to allow a rate that can be safely managed.<\/p>\n How to check for flight delays <\/p>\n What you can do:<\/p>\n Travelers can check for flight delays online.<\/p>\n You can also visit the National Airspace System Status website<\/a> to see where a ground stop program is in place or where one is possible.<\/p>\n The Source: The information in this article comes from the Associated Press, the FAA and Houston Airports.<\/p>\n Government Shutdown<\/a>Houston<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HOUSTON – As the longest government shutdown in U.S. history stretches on, travelers are seeing the impacts at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":39662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[1857,56,58,57,223,287,216,393],"class_list":{"0":"post-39661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-houston","8":"tag-government-shutdown","9":"tag-houston","10":"tag-houston-headlines","11":"tag-houston-news","12":"tag-news","13":"tag-politics","14":"tag-tx","15":"tag-us"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39661","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=39661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=39661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}