via NBAA
NBAA welcomed passage by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee of the Aviation Funding Solvency Act (H.R. 6086), legislation aimed at keeping the FAA’s air traffic system operating during any future federal government shutdown.
The bill, sponsored by committee leaders and approved with broad bipartisan support, would allow the FAA to use previously collected aviation user funds to pay air traffic controllers and sustain other critical functions if federal funding lapses. NBAA cited disruptions during the 43-day shutdown that ended last month, when controllers went unpaid and DOT scaled back operations at 40 of the nation’s busiest airports and prohibited general aviation operations at 12 airports.
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iFlightPlanner Comment:
Government shutdowns can ripple quickly into ATC staffing and flow restrictions. If any FAA operational impacts are issued, we’ll continue to surface the latest airport details and planning context in iFlightPlanner.
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