US EditionFAA Lifts 10-Day El Paso Airspace Closure Hours After Announcement
- On Feb. 11, the Federal Aviation Administration abruptly lifted a planned 10-day closure of El Paso International Airport hours after halting flights for `Special Security Reasons`.
- Separately, a government official told NBC News that a Trump administration official said Mexican cartel drones breached U.S. airspace, and the Defense Department disabled them, while the FAA did not explain the restrictions.
- LiveATC.net recorded an air traffic control exchange showing El Paso air traffic controller notified staff about 30 minutes to an hour before the restriction, saying, `Just be advised I guess there’s a TFR going into effect.`
- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas, said the airport closure was `highly consequential` and `unprecedented`, with no notice given to her office, the City of El Paso, or local airport operations, warning the economic hit `could be $40-50 million or more`.
- El Paso International handled 3.49 million passengers in the first 11 months of 2025 and serves major U.S. carriers including Southwest, Delta, United and American, near Ciudad Juárez.
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FAA temporarily shuts down El Paso airspace
There’s still much confusion over the FAA decision to close the airspace around El Paso International Airport for 10 days this morning only to reopen it a few hours later. The FAA and Pentagon have different explanations for what happened. NBC News’ Tom Costello reports.
Flights resume after U.S. anti-drone system prompts airspace closure in El Paso
Flights in and out of the Texas border city of El Paso resumed on Wednesday, after the U.S. government lifted a ban on air traffic it had abruptly imposed overnight due to concerns about a military anti-drone system.
The U.S. government announced Wednesday that it had neutralized Mexican cartel drones at the border, an incident that forced the closure of the airport in the city of El Paso, Texas, for hours.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) lifted last Wednesday the temporary suspension announced last night of all flights to and from El Paso International Airport (Texas) for "special security reasons." "The temporary closure of the airspace over El Paso has been lifted. There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume normally," the FAA published in its official X account. The restriction, which came into effect at 23:30 (…
Denton Record-Chronicle
El Paso airspace reopened after FAA quickly rescinds 10-day flight restrictions
The Federal Aviation Administration reopened airspace over El Paso and part of southern New Mexico on Wednesday morning after shutting it down for a few hours overnight amid an announcement there would be no flights for 10 days. The White…
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