FAA closes El Paso airspace for 10 days for security concerns

The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary flight restriction immediately halting all flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas and an area of southern New Mexico for 10 days.

00:00 Report on El Paso’s airspace being closed for 10 days
1:13 Aviation expert reacts to the closure
3:54 What are the ramifications of closing El Paso’s airspace?
5:52 El Paso-based journalist describes the local impact

According to the FAA’s website, the pause over El Paso and Santa Teresa, New Mexico, is due to “special security reasons.”

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