Hollywood Burbank Airport in Southern California had no air traffic controllers for more than five hours on Monday evening due to the ongoing government shutdown.

From 4:15 p.m. to 10 p.m., the airport’s control tower went completely unmanned , according to the Federal Aviation Administration. Planes relied on a team working near San Diego to coordinate departures and arrivals.

Nearly 25% of arriving and departing flights at the airport were delayed Monday, according to flight tracking website FlightAware.

Air traffic controllers are considered essential employees, so they’re required to work during the government shutdown. However, they’re not paid for their hours.

“So now what they think about as they’re controlling our airspace, is, ‘How am I going to pay my mortgage? How do

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