The Orlando airport was nearly shut down due to staff shortage during the United States government shutdown, but a last-minute arrangement of the air traffic controllers averted the closure. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had planned to close Orlando for landings.

According to the reports, Orlando, Dallas/Fort Worth and Washington, DC airports witnessed a number of flights getting delayed due to shortage of staff ever since the government shut down on October 1 due to Republicans' standoff with the Democrats over federal funding and health insurance subsidies.

New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport suspended departures for about 90 minutes after 8 pm local time due to a staff shortage.

On Thursday, October 30, as per the FlightAware data, nearly 6,000 flights had been delayed a

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