PHOENIX – For the second consecutive day, authorities issued a staffing-related ground delay advisory for Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport on Wednesday.

Flights to Sky Harbor were expected to be an average of nearly two hours late from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m., with the disruptions projected to worsen as the day progresses, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.

In fact, the delays are expected to average two hours or more from 6 p.m. to 10 p.m.

The FAA temporarily slows down or stops flight activity whenever airports are short of air traffic controllers, something that is happening more often during the government shutdown.

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