{"id":292598,"date":"2025-10-10T18:28:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/292598\/"},"modified":"2025-10-10T18:28:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T18:28:10","slug":"sky-harbor-flights-delayed-due-to-staffing-issues-faa-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/292598\/","title":{"rendered":"Sky Harbor flights delayed due to staffing issues, FAA says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\"><b>PHOENIX (AZFamily)<\/b> \u2014 Flights leaving Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport are delayed due to staffing issues amid <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/10\/01\/gov-hobbs-wont-bail-washington-out-amid-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/10\/01\/gov-hobbs-wont-bail-washington-out-amid-government-shutdown\/\">the ongoing government shutdown<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">There is a staffing issue impacting the Albuquerque Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAB), which is responsible for the airspace over much of Arizona and works with Phoenix TRACON, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Flights leaving Phoenix have an average of 45-minute delays, according to the FAA. As of 10:48 a.m., there were over 50 delayed flights at Sky Harbor, and TSA wait times were 10 minutes or less. Sky Harbor passengers can check <a href=\"\" rel=\"\" title=\"\">their flight status here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">On Wednesday, Sky Harbor did not expect many <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/10\/08\/sky-harbor-not-seeing-many-visible-impacts-shutdown-delays-flights-nationwide\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/10\/08\/sky-harbor-not-seeing-many-visible-impacts-shutdown-delays-flights-nationwide\/\">short-term \u201cvisible impacts\u201d<\/a> due to the government shutdown, as all government employees were required to continue working without pay.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">The FAA\u2019s announcement coincided with the Associated Press reporting that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/10\/10\/budget-office-says-substantial-firings-federal-workers-have-started-government-shutdown\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/2025\/10\/10\/budget-office-says-substantial-firings-federal-workers-have-started-government-shutdown\/\">White House budget office had initiated mass firings of federal workers<\/a>, intensifying pressure on Democratic lawmakers as we enter day 10 of the government shutdown. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">It remains unclear if the reported firings are linked to staffing issues in the ZAB region. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">See a spelling or grammatical error in our story? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/page\/send-us-your-feedback\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to report it<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | text-start article-text\">Do you have a photo or video of a breaking news story? Send <a href=\"https:\/\/www.azfamily.com\/community\/user-content\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it to us here<\/a> with a brief description.<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2025 KTVK\/KPHO. 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