The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly nixed the 10-day airspace closure issued for El Paso, Texas, announcing Wednesday that it had been removed fewer than eight hours after it was announced.
“The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted,” the FAA wrote on X shortly before 7 a.m. El Paso time. “There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal.”
The agency had cited “special security reasons” for restricting flights over the border city — and all flights into and out of its airport — as of 11:30 p.m. local time Tuesday.