CHICAGO -- More than 1,000 flights have been canceled nationwide on Saturday as the Federal Aviation Administration continues limiting flight capacity at 40 major U.S. airports amid the government shutdown.

As of 3:30 p.m. ET on Saturday, 1,048 flights have already been canceled nationwide and over 4,000 flight delays. This eclipses Friday's toll of 1,024 cancelations.

Major delays at airports across the country continue to persist due to staffing issues in air traffic controller towers and centers.

There are 25 air traffic control staffing triggers Saturday afternoon, a ground stop in Nashville and multiple ground delays due to staffing at airports across the country.

Nashville is currently under a ground stop until 3:45 p.m. due to staffing. There were earlier staffing-related groun

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