US DoT and FAA order 10% reduction in traffic at 40 airports

US Department of Transportation (DoT) Secretary Sean Duffy and US FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford confirmed (07-Nov-2025) plans to implement a temporary reduction in flights at 40 high traffic airports across the US. A 4% reduction in operations will take effect from 07-Nov-2025, increasing to up to 6% by 11-Nov-2025, 8% by 13-Nov-2025 and 10% by 14-Nov-2025. The FAA will also prohibit some visual flight rule approaches at facilities with staffing triggers. Mr Bedford stated: "What we have been monitoring on a daily basis, frankly, hourly basis, is looking at all of the metrics that we use to surveil the NAS and its health and its wellbeing". The following airports will be impacted:

• Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport;
• Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport;
• Boston Logan International Airport;
• Baltimore/Washington International Airport;
• Charlotte Douglas International Airport;
• Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport;
• Dallas Love Field Airport;
• Washington Ronald Reagan National Airport;
• Denver International Airport;
• Dallas Fort Worth International Airport;
• Detroit Metropolitan Airport;
• New York Newark Liberty International Airport;
• Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport;
• Honolulu Daniel K Inouye International Airport;
• Houston William P. Hobby Airport;
• Washington Dulles International Airport;
• Houston George Bush Intercontinental Airport;
• Indianapolis International Airport;
• New York John F Kennedy International Airport;
• Las Vegas Harry Reid International Airport;
• Los Angeles International Airport;
• New York LaGuardia Airport;
• Orlando International Airport;
• Chicago Midway International Airport;
• Memphis International Airport;
• Miami International Airport;
• Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport;
• Oakland International Airport;
• Ontario International Airport;
• Chicago O'Hare International Airport;
• Portland International Airport;
• Philadelphia International Airport;
• Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport;
• San Diego International Airport;
• Louisville International Airport;
• Seattle-Tacoma International Airport;
• San Francisco International Airport;
• Salt Lake City International Airport;
• Teterboro Airport;
• Tampa International Airport. [more - Aviation Week] [more - original PR - US FAA]