ARLINGTON, Va. — On the first day of the U.S. Transportation Departments reductions in flights at 40 airports across the country, Reagan National Airport (DCA) was hit hard with significant delays and cancellations prompted by, "air traffic reductions."

Airport officials urged passengers to closely monitor their flight status on Friday afternoon as the interruptions continued growing throughout the evening.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issued a a four-hour ground delay for outgoing flights due to staffing shortages. Incoming flights were also experiencing delays as officials limited the number of arrivals to 24 every hour.

Before 7 p.m. the tracker FlightAware indicated that DCA had cancelled more than 155 flights on Friday. The same tracker showed that the day prior there

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