via General Aviation News
The FAA is implementing reductions in air traffic services that include the suspension of certain VFR approach procedures at major airports across the country. These adjustments, driven by staffing limitations and efforts to streamline controller workload, primarily affect charted VFR approaches used for traffic sequencing and pattern management. While IFR procedures remain unchanged, pilots operating VFR may encounter modified entry instructions or increased vectoring as controllers adapt to the procedural gaps. According to the FAA, the cuts impact 40 airports, including several of the busiest facilities in the National Airspace System. The agency has not released a timeline for restoring the suspended procedures, and further operational updates are expected as implementation continues.
- ANC – Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport
- ATL – Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
- BOS – Boston Logan International Airport
- BWI – Baltimore/Washington International Airport
- CLT – Charlotte Douglas International Airport
- CVG – Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport
- DAL – Dallas Love Field
- DCA – Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport
- DEN – Denver International Airport
- DFW – Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport
- DTW – Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport
- EWR – Newark Liberty International Airport
- FLL – Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood International Airport
- HNL – Honolulu International Airport
- HOU – William P. Hobby Airport
- IAD – Washington Dulles International Airport
- IAH – George Bush Houston Intercontinental Airport
- IND – Indianapolis International Airport
- JFK – New York John F. Kennedy International Airport
- LAS – Las Vegas McCarran International Airport
- LAX – Los Angeles International Airport
- LGA – New York LaGuardia Airport
- MCO – Orlando International Airport
- MDW – Chicago Midway International Airport
- MEM – Memphis International Airport
- MIA – Miami International Airport
- MSP – Minneapolis–St. Paul International Airport
- OAK – Oakland International Airport
- ONT – Ontario International Airport
- ORD – Chicago O’Hare International Airport
- PDX – Portland International Airport
- PHL – Philadelphia International Airport
- PHX – Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport
- SAN – San Diego International Airport
- SDF – Louisville International Airport
- SEA – Seattle–Tacoma International Airport
- SFO – San Francisco International Airport
- SLC – Salt Lake City International Airport
- TEB – Teterboro Airport
- TPA – Tampa International Airport
The full emergency order may be accessed HERE.
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iFlightPlanner Comment:
We’ll track these procedural suspensions as the FAA formalizes updates and adjust affected airport briefing pages as needed, including facilities like Chicago O’Hare (ORD).
The iFlightPlanner Crew
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