Effective at midnight tonight, Nov. 9, 2025, all private jet operations at 12 major airports are being effectively stopped.

According to an email from NBAA, the exceptions are limited to based aircraft, emergency, medical, law-enforcement, firefighting, military operations, or unless authorized by the FAA.

The industry trade group warned, “Business aircraft operators should also prepare for further delays and restrictions at any of the 40 airports impacted by the emergency order (from last week), or being affected by limited controller staffing.”

On Friday, private jet providers said they were already seeing increased demand and delays due to the government shutdown.

Posting on LinkedIn, Solairus Aviation CEO Dan Drohan wrote earlier today, “The Solairus fleet has been experiencing delays and complications – and that’s been over the weekend. Tomorrow will likely be much worse.”

Airports Impacted By FAA Ban

According to NBAA, the dozen impacted airports by the virtual ban as of midnight are:

  • Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD)
  • Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW)
  • Denver International Airport (DEN)
  • General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport (BOS)
  • George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH)
  • Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)
  • John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
  • Los Angeles International Airport (LAX)
  • Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR)
  • Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)
  • Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)
  • Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA)

The FAA announced the increased restrictions earlier today.

The limits are being communicated via NOTAMs at each impacted airport, according to NBAA.

Airports impacted by the virtual ban are often used to connect domestic private flights and international scheduled airline flights.

For example, one could fly privately from Flagstaff to LAX and then on to Hong Kong on a commercial flight.

The restrictions come as the U.S. Senate is voting on whether to end the government shutdown.

The shutdown has meant that air traffic controllers have been without pay since the beginning of October.

The FAA had previously ordered a reduction in flights at 40 busy airports with fewer controllers reporting for work.

Those cuts had impacted eight of the busiest airports for private jets.

None of those airports is included in the 12 airports with increased restrictions.

Groups Call For Full Ban

A group called the Patriotic Millionaires and California gubernatorial hopeful Katie Porter have been calling for a stop to all private jet flights during the shutdown.

NBAA CEO Ed Bolen said restrictions are “disproportionately impacting general aviation, an industry that creates more than a million jobs, generates $340 billion in economic impact, and supports humanitarian flights every day.”