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LOS ANGELES - Massive travel disruption begins Friday, November 7 as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) enforces a major reduction in flight offerings across the nation's largest airports—including hubs here in California —to maintain air safety during the government shutdown.

Local perspective:

A list of 40 affected airports operating at reduced capacity includes five in California.

The airports affected in California are:

Big picture view:

U.S. airlines began canceling hundreds of flights Thursday due to the Federal Aviation Administration’s order to reduce traffic at the country’s busiest airports starting Friday because of the government shutdown.

Nearly 500 flights scheduled for Friday were already cut nationwide, and the number of cancellations clim

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