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PHOENIX - Hundreds of flights were delayed and canceled at Sky Harbor International Airport on Friday after the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) began a gradual 10% reduction in flights at 40 airports nationwide.

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) said a 4% reduction in operations will take effect Friday, Nov. 7, ramping up to 10% by Nov. 14.

What we know:

Many impacted travelers received cancellation messages Thursday and adopted a desperate strategy Friday: arriving early and taking any available flight, regardless of the time.

"Super frustrated and a little nervous ... my anxiety levels are not happy," said traveler Sheila Hunt, whose original canceled flight was replaced by another that faced multiple delays.

Another traveler, Gary Hall, said he arri

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