FAA to lift emergency flight restrictions Monday morning as air traffic staffing rebounds

Fox News ^ | 11/16/25 | Sophia Compton

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The Federal Aviation Administration's (FAA) flight reduction emergency order will officially end Monday morning, allowing normal operations to resume nationwide, according to officials.

The order will be lifted at 6 a.m. ET Monday following recommendations from the FAA’s safety team. The decision came after safety reviews and improvements in air traffic control staffing levels across the U.S., according to a Sunday announcement from the FAA.

"I want to thank the FAA’s dedicated safety team for keeping our skies secure during the longest government shutdown in our nation’s history and the country’s patience for putting safety first," Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a statement. "Thanks to President Trump’s leadership, controllers have returned to their posts and normal operations can resume."

Duffy added, "Now we can refocus our efforts on surging controller hiring and building the brand new, state-of-the-art air traffic control system the American people deserve."

Since the government shutdown ended, staffing levels have largely shifted back to normal, according to the announcement.

On Friday, there were six staffing triggers, eight on Saturday, and just one on Sunday — data the FAA said is consistent with pre-shutdown conditions.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News; Outdoors; Travel
KEYWORDS: faa; flight; restrictions; traffic

[Libloather]

You can thank Chuckles for all this. Maybe send him an email while waiting in line for four hours. What an amazing mess he made.

[for-q-clinton]

I’m flying home from Japan after 6 weeks here.

I was worried Chuck Schumer as going to make this extremely difficult for me as I have 2 layovers. LA & Charlotte.

But glad to hear it shouldn’t be an issue.

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