El Paso Airport Shut Down By The FAA For Special Security Reason

The FAA shut down the EL Paso Airport starting 11:30PM local time, Tuesday night and it will remain closed until 11:30PM Feb 20th.

This was abrupt. Local and State civilian and military authoring received no prior notification.

This affects 1,000 flights, nearly half served by Southwest Airlines.

I did a search on when the last time a US airport was shut down for special security reasons, and it turned up no results. Flights are diverted at times, for a short period of time, when someone like the President or Vice President is landing or taking off, but this is highly unusual.

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Carla · 61-69, F

Im listening to bondi now. She just mentioned in her self congratulatory rant that cartel drones were shot down.
Im not aware though, of when that happened.

Northwest · M

@Carla

She just mentioned in her self congratulatory rant that cartel drones were shot down.

Weird. So cartels are only allowed to operate between 11:30PM last night and 11:30PM on the 20th? 🤣

Just listening to CNN, they said the FAA lifts the shutdown with no explanation.

Carla · 61-69, F

@Northwest i concur with mr waterspring...weird.