The FAA on Thursday finalized the list of 40 U.S. airports that will see a mandatory 10% reduction in flights starting later this week.
The agency’s list includes the busiest airport in the nation, Hartsfield-Jackson in Atlanta, along with Los Angeles International Airport, Dallas/Fort Worth, Chicago O’Hare, and the three major airports in the New York City metro area.
The FAA is cutting flights in an attempt to ease the growing strain on air traffic controllers, who are working without compensation during the federal government shutdown. The agency has seen an uptick in the number of air traffic controllers calling out of work sick, increasing the burden on those who continue to come in. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy has warned that financial stress and the potential need to take on a second job could degrade controllers’ performance if the shutdown continues for much longer.
A 4% reduction in flights will take effect on Friday, before ramping up to 6% by November 11, 8% by November 13, and 10% by November 14, the agency stated.
The official list of affected airports appears below:
- Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
- Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- Boston Logan International Airport
- Baltimore/Washington International Airport
- Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- Dallas Love Field
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- Denver International Airport
- Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- Newark Liberty International Airport
- Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
- Honolulu International Airport
- William P. Hobby Airport
- Washington Dulles International Airport
- George Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport
- Indianapolis International Airport
- New York John F. Kennedy International Airport
- Las Vegas McCarran International Airport
- Los Angeles International Airport
- New York LaGuardia Airport
- Orlando International Airport
- Chicago Midway International Airport
- Memphis International Airport
- Miami International Airport
- Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport
- Oakland International Airport
- Ontario International Airport
- Chicago O’Hare International Airport
- Portland International Airport
- Philadelphia International Airport
- Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
- San Diego International Airport
- Louisville International Airport
- Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
- San Francisco International Airport
- Salt Lake City International Airport
- Teterboro Airport
- Tampa International Airport
