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Two of Southern California’s busiest airports were experiencing average flight delays of at least an hour Sunday amid air traffic control staffing shortages due to the federal government shutdown.

The advisories from the FAA’s Air Traffic Control System Command Center said the delays were expected to persist through Sunday night.

The issue was related to “staffing,” the advisories said. For San Diego, the advisory specified an issue with “tower staffing.”

Delays were expected to increase to nearly 1½ hours for flights heading to LAX between 8 and 10 p.m. At San Diego International Airport, delays were expected to worsen to nearly 1 hour and 20 minutes between 9 and 10 p.m.

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