11/06/2025
FAA to Cut Thousands of Flights Daily Starting This Week due to Shutdown
Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International will experience cuts
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) will reduce flight capacity by 10 percent at 40 major airports across the country, officials announced during a press conference on Wednesday. The decision could cut thousands of flights per day.
The restrictions will go into effect Friday morning, FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford and Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said.
ABC News obtained the list of airports, which includes Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson, Boston Logan, all three New York City-area airports, Chicago O'Hare and many others. Sources said the cuts could start as early as Thursday.
Here is the full list of airports impacted (listed alphabetically):
- 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
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