Duluth flight schedule up in the air, as federal shutdown forces cuts

DULUTH — As major airline hubs across the nation work to trim their flight schedules per a federal directive, the ripple effects could easily impact smaller operations such as the Duluth International Airport.

As of Friday morning, one of four daily Delta flights between Duluth and Minneapolis/St. Paul had been canceled. A flight that had been slated to arrive in Duluth at 3:30 p.m. and depart carrying Twin Cities-bound travelers at 4:10 p.m. was struck from the schedule, according to Natalie Baker, the Duluth airport’s director of communications and marketing.

The cause of the Friday cancellation was not immediately clear.

But 40 major airports across the nation, including MSP International, have been ordered to reduce flight operations by 10% in the coming days to lessen the burden on