Air Traffic Control Staffing, Impacted By Shutdown, Leads to Ground Stop at LAX, Flight Delays In Bay Area

The article was originally published on https://sfist.com/2025/10/27/air-traffic-control-staffing-impacted-by-shutdown-leads-to-ground-stop-at-lax-flight-delays-in-bay-area/The government shutdown is impacting air travel and may impact it even more in the coming week and beyond, as air traffic controllers miss paychecks and call in sick. Flights in and out of the Bay Area were delayed Sunday due to a ground stop that was ordered at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), due to a staffing shortage at the air traffic control tower there. As the LA Times reports, the ground stop, ordered by the FAA, began at 8:42 am, and was lifted at 10:30 am. The stoppage reportedly impacted much of Southern California, and as KTVU reports, it impacted multiple flights in and out of SFO and Oakland, which