Dozens of flights have already been canceled or delayed at Salt Lake City International Airport on Friday, hours into the flight reduction mandate ordered by the Federal Aviation Administration.
As of 5:55 p.m., 24 flights have been canceled, nearly split among arriving and departing aircraft, and 73 flights were delayed. The majority of the flights canceled are through SkyWest, which is a regional carrier flying to smaller locations and airports.
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Salt Lake City International Airport is one of 40 designated by the FAA to reduce air traffic by 10 percent to help alleviate the stress caused by air traffic controller shortages due to the government shutdown, which is now the longest in U.S. history.
Passengers hoping to catch a plane out of Salt Lake City early Friday were anxious as they waited to see if their flight would actually depart…