BREAKING: The FAA Abruptly Closes Texas Airspace For TEN DAYS!

I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before…

This morning the FAA abruptly closed the airspace around El Paso, Texas for TEN DAYS citing “special security reasons”.

Take a look:

🚨 BREAKING: The FAA has abruptly CLOSED the airspace around El Paso for TEN DAYS for “special security reasons”

ALL flights are grounded, including commercial, cargo, general aviation, and there’s no exemption for medevac.

The airport and pilots were given little to no notice,… pic.twitter.com/RFtTsVHMss

— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) February 11, 2026

This is a fast moving story and since the initial air space closure, a lot has happened…

The closure was reportedly due to Mexican cartel drones breaching U.S. airspace, which is very troubling.

But the Dept. of War has already stepped in, taken action to disable the drones, and the airspace has now been reopened.

Here’s more from Fox News:

JUST IN: The move to shut down El Paso airspace for 10 days was triggered by Mexican cartel drones breaching US airspace, according to CBS News.

“War Dept took action to disable the drones,” reported @JenniferJJacobs.

The Federal Aviation Administration has since lifted the… pic.twitter.com/0YZfqriEQ7

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) February 11, 2026

I find the initial 10 day closure to be very interesting here…

If they could neutralize the threat in less than an hour, why the initial 10 day closure order?

Did they overestimate the threat or is something else going on here?

What’s your perspective?