Editor's Note: The video above is from KXAN's newscast on Nov. 6, 2025.

AUSTIN (Nexstar) — Four Texas airports received orders from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to cut flight numbers starting Friday.

Forty airports — including Dallas Fort-Worth (DFW), Dallas Love Field (DAL), George Bush Houston Intercontinental (IAH) and William P. Hobby (HOU) — canceled 4% of flights. The number could increase to 10% over the next week.

According to the FAA, the mandate is an attempt to ease the burden on federal workers, like air traffic control and TSA agents, who are unpaid during the ongoing government shutdown.

Paul Bernardini, head of marketing at Flighty, a flight-tracking app, said it’s up to airlines to decide which routes to cut.

“Every airline has been a bit different,” Berna

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