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All flights at El Paso airport in Texas halted for 10 days for 'security reasons,' FAA saysAll flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas have been halted for special security reasons, the Federal Aviation Administration said early Wednesday.
No pilots may operate an aircraft in the areas covered by this NOTAM, the FAA said, using the abbreviation for Notice to Airmen. It listed the reason as temporary flight restrictions for Special Security Reasons.
The restriction for the airspace over El Paso and the neighboring community of Santa Teresa, New Mexico came in at 6:30 a.m. UTC, or coordinated universal time (11:30 p.m. ET). It will end at the same time on Feb. 21.
It did not elaborate on why the restrictions had been put in place for El Paso, which borders Mexico and is the the 23rd-most populous city in the nation according to the 2020 census.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/flights-el-paso-airport-texas-halted-10-days-security-reasons-faa-rcna258497
Very strange. This is like a pretty major airport. And no real good reason being given.

PuraVidaDreamin
(4,513 posts)This administration acts in super secrecy 24/7. Eventually any reason given will not be truth.
Liberal In Texas
(16,106 posts)These people are crazy.
highplainsdem
(60,924 posts)GiqueCee
(3,660 posts)... can be treated. EVIL cannot. In any and all dealings concerning the current illegitimate regime, assume the latter.
niyad
(130,652 posts)Lonestarblue
(13,353 posts)I doubt the President of Mexico has agreed, which means any attack is an act of war. Trump and Hegseth love attacking other countries and killing innocent civilians. I guess it makes them feel like "real" men instead of the idiots they are.
Historic NY
(39,827 posts)from a civilian company in NM. When General Pershing lead his raids into Mexico he used Ft. Bliss. home of 1st Armour today.
yellowdogintexas
(23,629 posts)Historic NY
(39,827 posts)hey if amazon delivers they do too.
yellowdogintexas
(23,629 posts)then are unloaded and bussed into Juarez?
Once they are all loaded, air travel is restored.
aeromanKC
(3,858 posts)Moostache
(11,116 posts)3Hotdogs
(15,165 posts)Ol Janx Spirit
(844 posts)returnee
(878 posts)roscoeroscoe
(1,819 posts)They've got to clean the site, can't have any overflights. West of El Paso.
FakeNoose
(40,814 posts)I'd be interested in how this is being reported locally.
duhneece
(4,492 posts)I saw a video by my Congressman announcing this and expressing concern in a serious way.
I first wondered if it was something to do with the biggest concentration camps.
barbtries
(31,234 posts)thinking the govt will be doing something, like taking delivery of these illegal weapons from Israel that krasnov bought with a no bid deal and no one knew about it until it was a done deal. Or shipping jets full of innocent people to parts unknown. Or who the fuck knows.
I don't think the US Intelligence community is working to ensure the security of the American people anymore.
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/06/pentagon-israel-cluster-munitions-weapons-sale/
The deal, signed in September and not previously reported, is the departments largest contract to purchase weapons from an Israeli company in available records, according to an online federal database that covers the last 18 years. In a reversal of the more commonly seen direction for weapons transfers between the countries in which the U.S. sends its weapons to Israel the U.S. will pay the Israeli weapons firm Tomer over a period of three years to produce a new 155mm munition. The shells are designed to replace decades-old and often defective cluster shells that left live explosives scattered across Vietnam, Laos, Iraq, and other nations.
Farmer-Rick
(12,543 posts)Is going to bomb Mexico. Pedo Trump can't get it up anymore because little girls are being kept away from his greasy little fingers. The only thing that gives him a thrill anymore is killing Hispanic people.
Sone one should warn Mexico that cluster bombs are about to drop on their heads.
barbtries
(31,234 posts)sigh.
Going to another #MassProtest on Saturday in Raleigh. Looking forward to it.
Ol Janx Spirit
(844 posts)niyad
(130,652 posts)Response to Liberal In Texas (Original post)
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Melon
(1,196 posts)Its right across from Juarez. 300 miles from Nancy Guthrie kidnapping. They also closed more space near the border but north and only over dessert.
mnhtnbb
(33,225 posts)The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted, the FAA said in a post on X. There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal.
Even more weird.
Liberal In Texas
(16,106 posts)According to CNN, Mexican cartel drones breached US airspace, an administration official told CNN, which triggered a temporary airspace closure over El Paso.
The airspace closure was prompted by a US military operation related to drug cartels, according to two sources briefed on the matter.
"The Department of War (sic) took action to disable the drones, the official told CNN. "The FAA and DOW have determined there is no threat to commercial travel."
https://kfoxtv.com/news/local/faa-grounds-all-flights-to-and-from-el-paso-until-feb-20
So they initially closed the airspace for 10 days! because they couldn't figure out how to deal with one drone?
Farmer-Rick
(12,543 posts)That maybe he shouldn't bomb Mexico right now. Then pointed out the destroyed East Wing and imaginary ballroom which cheered him up.
Then ICE Barbie said to the demented nursing home patient, "Look, over there, an Epstein file." And he switched to wanting to bomb DC.
