Flight cancellations led to short lines at airports Saturday, while hundreds queued up at some NYC food banks, as the federal shutdown hit its 38th day with no end in sight.

Airports nationwide had more than 4,200 flights delayed and more than 1,000 canceled after the government imposed reductions due to problems with air traffic controllers who aren’t getting paid during the Democrat-led shutdown.

Scores of frustrated travelers had to change plans or stay home due to canceled flights; Charlotte Douglas International Airport was slammed with more than 120 cancellations and Newark International Airport followed closely behind with 109.

President Trump urged Senate Republicans to end Obamacare and send federal health-care spending funds “directly to the people” as the federal government shutdown stretched into its 38th day. REUTERS

It was the second day in a row with more than 1,000 cancellations nationwide after the start of the Federal Aviation Administration’s slowdown Friday, according to FlightAware data.

The shutdown is “just ridiculous,” said Rachelle Ellery, 38 who was flying out of John F. Kennedy International Airport Saturday back home to Oregon after leaving a cruise with her hubby a day early because of a canceled flight.  

“I don’t know what else to say about it. They (the politicians) should just get it together so we can get on with our lives,” she told The Post.

In the Bronx, throngs of desperate locals lined up as early as 2:30 a.m. at food banks because of disruptions in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance benefits caused by the shutdown.

Carmen Verona told The Post she was there for the time ever because her mom and brother had their benefits cut. Her own $459 monthly SNAP benefits aren’t enough.

New Yorkers are turning to food banks as SNAP shutdown rolls on. TOMAS E. GASTON

“Without the food stamps, it’s a lot … and that’s not even enough because I always got to put out of pocket like $200, $300 because it’s too expensive,” said Verona, 58, as she picked up fruit, vegetables, and apple juice.

“My income is not enough,” she added.

Even an end to the shutdown wouldn’t immediately fix problems, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said, because it will take time to get beleaguered air traffic controllers back to work.

Also Saturday, President Trump urged Senate Republicans to end Obamacare and send federal health care spending “directly to the people,” taking on what has been a top Democratic talking point about rising health subsidies.

“I am recommending to Senate Republicans that the Hundreds of Billions of Dollars currently being sent to money sucking Insurance Companies in order to save the bad Healthcare provided by ObamaCare, BE SENT DIRECTLY TO THE PEOPLE SO THAT THEY CAN PURCHASE THEIR OWN, MUCH BETTER, HEALTHCARE, and have money left over,” the president wrote on Truth Social.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer proposed to temporarily reopen the government while extending health care subsidies for a year. AP

“In other words, take from the BIG, BAD Insurance Companies, give it to the people, and terminate, per Dollar spent, the worst Healthcare anywhere in the World, ObamaCare,” he wrote.

The Senate held a rare Saturday session after Democrats rejected on Friday a deal that would have reopened at least three federal agencies while temporarily extending government funding. Lawmakers adjourned  in the late  afternoon without taking any legislative action, with plans to be back in session Sunday.

Obamacare insurance subsidies are a top negotiating point of Senate Democrats, who have refused to vote for a House-passed bill to reopen the government without heading off subsidies set to balloon at the start of the year.

Democrats on Friday rejected a new Republican idea to fully fund three agencies while passing short-term temporary funding for the rest of the government.

The latest gambit by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer was a proposal to temporarily reopen the government while extending existing government health care subsidies for a year.

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But Senate Republicans refused to go along with that idea, saying they will negotiate on the subsidies only after the government opens.

Schumer tangled with Ohio Sen. Bernie Moreno on the floor Saturday, with little sign of progress. “Is there a proposal in writing that we can read?” Moreno pressed him. Schumer complained that the GOP hadn’t put forward its own proposal on healthcare, “so we can’t give you a counter in writing.”

Trump also called to “terminate the Filibuster!” and said Democrats were “destroying our great, miracle economy” after minority Dems used the 60-vote supermajority rule to defeat efforts to reopen the government. That idea is meeting resistance from within Republicans in the Senate, who fear Democrats would use it against them if they took control.

The government’s plan to partially fund SNAP payments remains snarled in the courts because of a Monday Supreme Court pause. The administrative order by Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson allows the Trump administration to temporarily withhold benefits after making an emergency request to pause a federal judge’s order.

Additional reporting by JC Rice and Marie Pohl.

With Post wires