{"id":369927,"date":"2025-11-10T20:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/369927\/"},"modified":"2025-11-10T20:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T20:16:15","slug":"faa-orders-partial-closure-at-phoenix-sky-harbor-airport-affecting-non-commercial-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/369927\/","title":{"rendered":"FAA orders partial closure at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, affecting non-commercial flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered<a href=\"https:\/\/nasstatus.faa.gov\/\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> 13 partial airport closures<\/a>, including at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. <\/p>\n<p>The closure is not affecting commercial flights. Officials at Sky Harbor say passengers should continue to check with airlines about FAA-related delays or cancellations. <\/p>\n<p>Affected by the closure are private jets, emergency, medical and law-enforcement flights and military aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Air travelers should expect <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/thanksgiving-air-traffic-shutdown-delays-ae216380cdf694c518bd2a4b0830eaea\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">worsening cancellations<\/a> and delays this week even if the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/government-shutdown-congress-trump-641e7e2324f261da72395b604d9540e8\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">government shutdown<\/a> ends, as the FAA moves ahead with deeper cuts to flights at 40 major U.S. airports, officials said Monday.<\/p>\n<p>After a weekend that saw <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/flight-cuts-government-shutdown-airlines-c21ffa6c3d55e3d2fe7f53702112727b\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">thousands of flights canceled,<\/a> including almost 3,000 on Sunday alone, airlines scrapped another 1,700 flights Monday and nearly 1,000 for Tuesday. Some air traffic controllers \u2014 unpaid for nearly a month \u2014 have stopped showing up, citing the added stress and need to take second jobs.<\/p>\n<p>Over the weekend, airlines canceled thousands of flights to comply with the order to eliminate 4% of flights at <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/faa-government-shutdown-flight-cuts-airports-list-a11237fe6d6e14bed0935930dffed72e\" class=\"Link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">40 of the nation\u2019s busiest airports<\/a>. That figure will rise to 6% on Tuesday and reach 10% by week&#8217;s end, the FAA says.<\/p>\n<p>Already, travelers are growing angry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll of this has real negative consequences for millions of Americans, and it\u2019s 100% unnecessary and avoidable,\u201d said Todd Walker, whose flight from San Francisco to Washington state was canceled over the weekend, causing him to miss his mom\u2019s 80th birthday party.<\/p>\n<p>About 10% of all flights nationwide were canceled Sunday, making it the fourth worst day for cancellations since January 2024, according to data from aviation analytics firm Cirium. Even the relatively modest 4% cuts at major airports ripple across the system when planes and crews fall out of position for their next flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered 13 partial airport closures, including at Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport. 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