FAA prohibits most private jets at 12 major airports amid shutdown's air traffic staffing problems

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FAA prohibits most private jets at 12 major airports amid shutdown’s air traffic staffing problems

PUBLISHED MON, NOV 10 2025 5:10 AM EST - UPDATED 44 MIN AGO

Leslie Josephs
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KEY POINTS
* The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday limited private flights at a dozen major U.S. airports as air traffic controller shortages snarled traffic around the country.
* Last week, the FAA didn’t limit private jet and other general aviation flights like it did for U.S. commercial aviation.
* Thousands of flights were delayed or canceled over the weekend as air traffic controller staffing shortages during the pandemic slowed down airports around the country.

The Federal Aviation Administration on Monday will “effectively prohibit business aviation” at a dozen major U.S. airports, adding to flight restrictions for commercial airlines as air traffic controller shortages snarl travel in the government shutdown, a trade group said.

Last week, the Trump administration ordered U.S. commercial airlines to cut their schedules to ease strains on air traffic controllers who are working without their regular paychecks in the shutdown. Government officials at first didn’t curb private flights the same way they did for commercial aviation, though the air traffic controller staffing shortages have slowed travel broadly.

The first commercial airline flight cuts of 4% went into affect on Friday and are set to rise to 10% of flights by this coming Friday.

More than 4,500 commercial flights were canceled over the weekend and over 17,000 were delayed as staffing shortages worsened around the country, according to FlightAware. Aviation industry members applauded the Senate’s progress toward ending the shutdown late Sunday, though a solution for the longest-ever such impasse hasn’t been finalized.

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