The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly reopened airspace over El Paso on Wednesday in a dramatic reversal of its order to ground flights hours earlier.
The FAA’s highly unusual closure order, which would have stopped all flights at El Paso International Airport for 10 days, was given late Tuesday in connection with unspecified “special security reasons.” A source familiar with the matter told CNN the closure was linked to military operations at the nearby Biggs Army Airfield on Fort Bliss.
“The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted,” the FAA said in a post on X. ”There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal.”
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