Grounded

As the federal shutdown hit a record length, its impacts reached new heights.

Beginning Friday, the Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) called on the top 40 airports in the country to cancel 10% of flights. That includes four airports in Florida: Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International (FLL), Orlando International (MCO), Miami International (MIA) and Tampa International (TPA).

“Amid the longest government shutdown in our nation’s history, the FAA will now begin reducing daily flights at airports nationwide, including in Central Florida at Orlando International,” lamented Rep. Maxwell Frost , an Orlando Democrat, on X. “This is the direct consequence of a Republican government shutdown that is hurting working families, federal workers, and now making air travel dangero

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