ROMULUS, MI - More than 30 flights at Detroit Metropolitan Airport were cancelled Wednesday as a federal government shutdown inches closer to a resolution.

As of 3 p.m. Nov. 12, 32 flights at the Detroit-area airport, including 15 departures and 17 arrivals, were cancelled, according to data from FlightAware. Forty flights were also delayed.

Nearly 900 flights across the U.S. were cancelled Wednesday, with airports in Chicago, Denver and Atlanta impacted the most, according to data from FlightAware. More than 1,200 flights were also delayed.

Detroit Metro is one of 40 airports ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration to reduce flights as an increasing number of air traffic controllers are calling out of work. Controllers have been working unpaid since Oct. 1 because of the shutdow

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