The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced a tentative list of 40 airports that will be impacted by the decision to reduce flight capacity by 10% starting on Friday.
The move will impact approximately 3,500 to 4,000 flights per day.
“This data-based decision is designed to alleviate pressure on our air traffic controllers required to keep the skies safe,” the USDOT Rapid Response X account wrote.
“My number one priority is the safety of the American people,” Duffy commented.
My number one priority is the safety of the American people. https://t.co/lOi3Q2rpZ7
— Secretary Sean Duffy (@SecDuffy) November 5, 2025
According to ABC News, international flights are exempt from the cuts.
"Our sole role is to make sure that we keep this airspace as safe as possible. Reduction in capacity at 40 of our locations. This is not based on light airline travel locations. This is about where the pressure is and how to really deviate the pressure," FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said, according to the outlet.
BREAKING — List of airports that will have flight capacity reduced by 10% as early as tomorrow, due to government shutdown, per ABC:
1 ANC Anchorage International
2 ATL Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
3 BOS Boston Logan International
4 BWI Baltimore/Washington… pic.twitter.com/lNrn9V2clx
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) November 6, 2025
ABC News shared the full list of airports:
- Anchorage International
- Baltimore/Washington International
- Boston-Logan International
- Charlotte Douglas International
- Chicago Midway International
- Chicago O'Hare International
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International
- Dallas-Fort Worth International
- Dallas Love Field
- Denver International
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County
- Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International
- George Bush Houston Intercontinental
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International
- Honolulu International
- Houston Hobby
- Indianapolis International
- Las Vegas Harry Reid International
- Los Angeles International
- Louisville Muhammad Ali International
- Memphis International
- Miami International
- Minneapolis-Saint Paul International
- New York LaGuardia
- New York John F. Kennedy International
- Newark Liberty International
- Oakland San Francisco Bay International
- Ontario International
- Orlando International
- Philadelphia International
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International
- Portland International
- Ronald Reagan Washington National
- San Diego International
- Salt Lake City International
- San Francisco International
- Seattle-Tacoma International
- Tampa International
- Teterboro
- Washington Dulles International
"The list is not final, and it still could change as the FAA has not issued a final order formally requiring airlines to cut their capacity," CBS News stated.
The restrictions go into effect Friday morning.
BREAKING: The FAA will reduce flight capacity by 10% at 40 major airports across the country, officials announced.
The restrictions will go into effect Friday morning.
Read more: https://t.co/jkLxC9DJgA pic.twitter.com/yk9qEsTkog
— ABC News (@ABC) November 5, 2025
CBS News noted:
This is a Guest Post from our friends over at 100 Percent Fed Up. View the original article here.Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced Wednesday that 40 "high-volume" areas will have their air traffic cut by 10% in the coming days to cope with shortages of air traffic controllers, who are working without pay amid the 36-daylong government shutdown.
The cuts are expected to be phased in starting Friday, with airlines reaching the full 10% mark by next week, according to two sources familiar with a conversation between the FAA, the Department of Transportation, and the airlines. The FAA has not formally announced which airports will have their capacity cut.
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