November 6, 2025
We now know which 40 airports are going to be impacted by the FAA’s decision to reduce flight capacity by 10% starting tomorrow Friday November 7. This is absolutely going to cause delays, cancelations, chaos at not just the airports I’m going to show you but at other airports too that are trying to pick up this slack. Brace yourself for a real dumpster fire.
Here’s the list.
You can see these are considered the some of the biggest and busiest airports in the country. LAX in California, Hartsfield Jackson in Atlanta, Georgia, O’Hare in Chicago….notably – take a look at the Maryland and Virginia airports Baltimore/Washington International, Washington Dulles, Reagan – those are some of the main airports members of the us house of representatives and us senate use to fly in and out of Washington DC. So they are going to absolutely feel this too. It’s also important to know that if this government shutdown stretches into next week — the trump administration is saying this list of airports can expand and more capacity will be reduced. So this is only going to get worse. Don’t forget this doesn’t just impact passenger travel – this will also impact the air travel of cargo…so if you have a package on the way – that may too be delayed.
Of course as I reported yesterday this is happening because of the government shutdown and because air traffic controllers are not getting paychecks. So they’re calling out sick because they can’t pay to have someone watch their kids – or they need to work another job to pay their bills. And the controllers who are showing up to work – according to the transportation secretary – are working crazy long hours. And all that is putting enormous pressure on the system. Don’t forget you don’t want exhausted or stressed air traffic controllers because they’re the ones responsible for making sure your flight gets from point a to point b safely.
President Trump was just asked about this reduction in flight capacity and he said safety is the number one priority.
If you are supposed to be travelling tomorrow or this weekend – i highly suggest you contact your airline. Some of them are offering preemptive free cancelations and refunds.
Read the emergency order from the FAA here.
Watch Trump talk about it here.
Full List of Airports
1. Anchorage International in Alaska
2. Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International in Georgia
3. Boston Logan International in Massachusetts
4. Baltimore/Washington International in Maryland
5. Charlotte Douglas International in North Carolina
6. Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International in Ohio
7. Dallas Love Field in Texas
8. Ronald Reagan Washington National in Virginia
9. Denver International in Colorado
10. Dallas/Fort Worth International in Texas
11. Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County in Michigan
12. Newark Liberty International in New Jersey
13. Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International in Florida
14. Honolulu International in Hawaii
15. Houston Hobby in Texas
16. Washington Dulles International in Virginia
17. George Bush Houston Intercontinental in Texas
18. Indianapolis International in Indiana
19. John F. Kennedy International in New York
20. Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas
21. Los Angeles International in California
22. LaGuardia Airport in New York
23. Orlando International in Florida
24. Chicago Midway International in Illinois
25. Memphis International in Tennessee
26. Miami International in Florida
27. Minneapolis/St Paul International in Minnesota
28. Oakland International in California
29. Ontario International in California
30. Chicago O`Hare International in Illinois
31. Portland International in Oregon
32. Philadelphia International in Pennsylvania
33. Phoenix Sky Harbor International in Arizona
34. San Diego International in California
35. Louisville International in Kentucky
36. Seattle/Tacoma International in Washington
37. San Francisco International in California
38. Salt Lake City International in Utah
39. Teterboro in New Jersey
40. Tampa International in Florida
