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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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.
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