As reductions in flight traffic mandated by the Federal Aviation Administration and caused by the record-setting government shutdown stretched into their fourth day Monday, flight cancellations and delays continued at major Bay Area airports.

The air traffic reductions, prompted by air traffic controller fatigue as workers remain unpaid into a second month, began with a 4% decrease Friday. Reductions were expected to rise to 10% of planned flight traffic throughout this week. The cancellations were primarily impacting 40 high-traffic airports across the country, including San Francisco International Airport and Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport, but the impacts were rippling to other Bay Area airports as well.

Though legislation that could potentially end the shutdown was on track Monday

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