SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (Dakota News Now) - The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Wednesday that it would cut air traffic at 40 of the country’s biggest airports. This includes airports in Minneapolis, Chicago, and Denver, which hold direct flights to Sioux Falls.

Reductions to airline travel will be day to day as the FAA is cutting flight travel by 4% starting Friday, and then it will pick up to 10% by next week.

“We haven’t had any real direct communication with the FAA. We do have people in D.C. that we can converse with and get a little more information than what is being disseminated through the news, but right now there’s not a lot,” Richard King, Sioux Falls Regional Airport (FSD) Deputy Director, said.

The move comes as air traffic controllers have gone through the governme

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