The Federal Aviation Administration announced Friday morning that short-haul flights to San Francisco International Airport would be delayed due to staffing shortages amid the federal government shutdown. The delays happened on the same day airlines began to reduce their flight schedules to meet the agency’s new policy.

Flights to SFO within 1,000 nautical miles, which included all flights within California and as far as Colorado, were briefly suspended before resuming later in the morning with major delays. Aircraft were not allowed to depart to SFO because of a reported lack of air traffic controllers needed to safely direct them.

Airport spokesperson Doug Yakel said the delays would not affect transcontinental flights or international flights to SFO. Morning delays at the airport were

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