Burbank Airport air traffic control tower unmanned, flights delayed amid government shutdown

[Zorro]

Source: LA Times

The Hollywood Burbank Airport’s air traffic control tower is temporarily unmanned and flights are delayed Monday afternoon due to staffing shortages amid the ongoing government shutdown, according to the Federal Aviation Authority.

The FAA anticipates that the airport’s air traffic control tower will be without staff until 10 p.m., according to spokesperson Kristen Alsop. The tower was without staff starting at 4:15 p.m.

Due to the government shutdown, air traffic controllers are working without pay. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said Monday that the FAA was seeing a small uptick in air traffic control workers calling in sick during the shutdown.

As of 5 p.m., outgoing flights at Hollywood Burbank Airport were delayed an average of two hours and 31 minutes due to staffing shortages and runway construction, according to the FAA. At that time, the longest delay reported was three hours and 55 minutes.

Alsop said that staffing shortages were the main issue contributing to the delays.

Read more: https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2025-10-06/burbank-airport-air-traffic-control-tower-temporarily-unmanned-amid-government-shutdown

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Tip of the iceberg. I suspect there will be a growing number of air traffic controllers catching colds in the near future...

[Historic NY]

1. What could go wrong?

[popsdenver]

2. Last time the ATC tried this

was when Reagan fired all striking ATControllers.........Trashing their Union, (and trashing ALL unions across the entire U.S.

My airline pilot friends were horrified to fly...................with the massive shortage of ATControllers.............

BTW: It takes three years to train an Air Traffic Controllers, and they have to have a pretty high IQ to pass the training exam to get in......

[Klarkashton]

3. Yet work continues on the golden ballroom.

[rubbersole]

4. Screw the Burbank airspace....

...we all have to make sacrifices to keep from having to release the Epstine files. Ask not what your country can do for you. Ask why are all Californians woke radical lefties. (I think it's because of that big valve up north holding back all the water for little fish called smelt.)

[Hassler]

5. I keep repeating myself, with Jungle Jim Duffy in charge

Greyhound might be a better option.

[riversedge]

6. .....affecting flights at numerous airports including Newark, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas and Burbank

The FAA said air traffic control staffing issues are .affecting flights at numerous airports including Newark, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas and Burbank....
#Trump Shutdown
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/oct/06/burbank-air-traffic-controllers