Despite predictions of air travel chaos on day one of government-mandated flight reductions, San Diego International Airport felt almost zen-like on Friday as passengers adjusted to what were expected to be a couple dozen cancellations.

At Terminals 1 and 2, departing passengers glanced up at digital readouts to find the status of their upcoming flights, and as of late morning Friday, there were few red alerts denoting a canceled flight.

According to FlightAware, an online flight tracking service, a total of 27 arriving and departing flights had been canceled for Friday at the San Diego airport.

Across the country, there were close to 1,000 flights cancellations as of early Friday afternoon, FlightAware data showed.

The cancelled flights are the airlines’ response to an order this week

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