Effects of the federal shutdown are being felt by air travelers after two Transportation Security Administration checkpoints were shut down at Philadelphia International Airport .

Could Newark and the Port Authority’s New York airports be next?

Philadelphia International officials announced the change on Nov. 5 that the Terminal A-West and Terminal F security checkpoints would temporarily close starting Wednesday.

That still leaves five checkpoints open that are in walking distance of the closed checkpoints, officials said in a press release.

The two outer most checkpoints were closed to “provide optimal operations at the Terminals A-East, B, C and D/E checkpoints,” airport officials said.

The closure occurs as the federal government has been shut down for 36 days, which means that

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