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Government shutdown becomes longest in history<\/p>\n

Zach Schermele reports from Capitol Hill as the shutdown surpasses 35 days, the longest in history.<\/p>\n

More than\u00a0five weeks into the federal government shutdown<\/a>\u00a0\u2212 the longest continuous shutdown in history \u2212 40 major U.S. airports are\u00a0reducing their flights by 10%<\/a>\u00a0to account for the pressure placed on air traffic controllers who are not being paid.<\/p>\n

Two major New York City airports, LaGuardia (LGA) and John F. Kennedy International (JFK), are among those affected. The reductions take effect today, Friday, Nov. 7, with no end date announced.<\/p>\n

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the cuts are a direct result of staffing stress during the record-breaking shutdown. \u201cIt\u2019s going to lead to more cancellations,\u201d he said, \u201cbut we\u2019re working with airlines to do this in a systematic way.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration released the full list of airports Thursday, including major hubs such as Atlanta, Los Angeles, Chicago O\u2019Hare, and Newark Liberty.<\/p>\n

FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford said the changes aim to \u201cput relief where it will do the most good\u201d while ensuring flight safety remains uncompromised.<\/p>\n

Air traffic controllers are considered essential workers, meaning they must report to duty even without pay. Although back pay is expected once the shutdown ends, weeks without income have added stress and fatigue across the system.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen controllers or TSA officers can\u2019t report to work, it creates delays and longer security lines,\u201d Bedford said.<\/p>\n

Travelers should expect potential cancellations and delays at affected airports and check their airline\u2019s website or airport status before heading to the terminal.<\/p>\n

Check your flight status at NY airports<\/p>\n

Airports across the country track flight arrivals and departures. Here are links to the busiest airports in New York state. Note the reason for a flight status change is not listed and some delays and cancellations may be due to weather, equipment or another reason not related to the 10% reduction.<\/p>\n

Also of note is New Jersey’s Newark airport – just outside New York City but located within the Garden state, the airport is a major hub for the New York City metro area.<\/p>\n

Which airports are affected?<\/p>\n

Contributing: Reuters and the USA Today network<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Government shutdown becomes longest in history Zach Schermele reports from Capitol Hill as the shutdown surpasses 35 days,…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":362161,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5122],"tags":[647,2529,1166,839,5229,13021,58241,2542,50199,454,20579,175724,3195,1801,47269,7833,425,4297,2551,644,663,451,635,405,403,50,5226,5225,5228,5227,450,457,1311,97344,8038,16567,645,1164,67,586,132,5230,68,2969,636],"class_list":{"0":"post-362160","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-york","8":"tag-affiliate","9":"tag-air","10":"tag-air-travel","11":"tag-airport","12":"tag-america","13":"tag-aviation","14":"tag-aviation-industry","15":"tag-connect","16":"tag-duffy","17":"tag-government","18":"tag-indianapolis","19":"tag-indianapolis-international-airport","20":"tag-industry","21":"tag-international","22":"tag-laguardia","23":"tag-laguardia-airport","24":"tag-local","25":"tag-local-affiliate-travel","26":"tag-local-connect","27":"tag-modular","28":"tag-modular-story","29":"tag-negative","30":"tag-new","31":"tag-new-york","32":"tag-new-york-city","33":"tag-news","34":"tag-newyork","35":"tag-newyorkcity","36":"tag-ny","37":"tag-nyc","38":"tag-overall","39":"tag-overall-negative","40":"tag-philadelphia","41":"tag-philadelphia-international-airport","42":"tag-sean","43":"tag-sean-duffy","44":"tag-story","45":"tag-travel","46":"tag-united-states","47":"tag-united-states-of-america","48":"tag-unitedstates","49":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","50":"tag-us","51":"tag-usa","52":"tag-york"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362160","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=362160"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/362160\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/362161"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=362160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=362160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=362160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}