Nashville International Airport’s air traffic control tower will go dark Tuesday night amid staff shortages during the government shutdown – the second tower to shut down this week as the nationwide crisis grounds thousands of flights.

The tower at the beloved Tennessee hub will shutter at 7 p.m. until midnight, CNN reported.

Pilots wanting to fly into the airport must contact the regional air traffic control center in Memphis to get clearance before entering the airspace, the outlet reported.

The Federal Aviation Administration will cut flights in and out of Nashville International Airport on Tuesday night amid ongoing air traffic controller shortages. Andrew Nelles / The Tennessean / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Tuesday’s staffing crisis comes one day after the control tow

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