40 airports across the nation will be hit with flight cuts as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reduces air traffic amid the government shutdown, per the Associated Press.

On Wednesday (November 5), the FAA announced that it will reduce air traffic by 10 percent across major U.S. airports on Friday (November 7) due to staffing shortages and fatigue among air traffic controllers who have been working without pay during the government shutdown.

The reductions, affecting airports in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Atlanta, Dallas, Miami, San Francisco, and more than two dozen other markets, mark the largest nationwide flight cuts in decades.

In a statement, the FAA said the move was necessary to preserve safety in the airspace system as controllers continue to miss paychecks due to

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