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On Monday, Oct. 6, Hollywood Burbank Airport in Los Angeles, California, had no air traffic controllers in its tower from around 4:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. local time, according to local reports

Over 80 flights were delayed and several others were canceled while Southern California TRACON remotely handled the airport's traffic

The unmanned tower came on day six of the 2025 government shutdown

A busy California airport was forced to run without air traffic controllers for over five hours amid the ongoing government shutdown .

From around 4:15 p.m. to 10 p.m. local time on Monday, Oct. 6, Hollywood Burbank Airport in Los Angeles had no air traffic controllers in the Burbank tower, local news outlets ABC7 Los Angeles , KCAL News and Fox 11 Los Angeles reported. Southern Ca

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