US Air Travel Delays Piling Up as Shutdown Strains Staffing (3)

US air travel is beginning to show signs of strain as the government shutdown drags on, with traffic controller shortages snarling thousands of flights into the weekend.

Flights into New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport were temporarily halted Friday afternoon due to staffing constraints. The US Federal Aviation Administration also paused flights from Washington-area airports into LaGuardia Airport beginning just after 4:30 p.m. local time.

Traffic was slowed at other airports throughout the day, including Newark Liberty International Airport, Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Boston Logan International Airport, and in Austin, Houston, Nashville and the Dallas-Fort Worth area.

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