Hundreds of flight cancellations spread across the U.S. on Friday as airlines began complying with the Federal Aviation Administration's unprecedented order to reduce service nationwide because of the government shutdown.

At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, security lines stretched well past the barricades in Terminal 1, with 18 cancellations and 81 delayed departures by lunchtime Friday according to tracking website FlightAware.

It's part of the fallout from the FAA’s mandate for airlines to cut 10% of their flights at 40 of the nation's busiest airports to, according to the agency, ease pressures on air traffic controllers affected by the ongoing government shutdown.

Unfortunately for South Florida, that list of airports includes both Miami and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) in

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