FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- The government shutdown is now the longest in U.S. history, causing the Federal Aviation Administration to make a decision like never before.

This Friday, air travel will begin cutting flight capacity by 4 percent and climb to 10 percent over the weekend. The unprecedented move causing turbulence to 40 of the nation's largest airports from coast to coast.

"When you start cutting those flights, it gets really rough," said Deborah Reagan of Merced.

In California, four of the biggest airports will feel the reduction from San Francisco and Oakland to LAX and San Diego. Major hubs like Chicago's O'Hare also made the list which could cause delays for connecting flights.

"That's gonna be double the headache, triple the headache," said Edwin Cheung of Fresno.

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