(Washington) All flights to or from El Paso International Airport in Texas, near Mexico, are suspended for ten days for “security reasons”, the American civil aviation regulator (FAA) said on Wednesday.
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“No pilot is authorized to operate an aircraft in the areas affected by this advisory,” the FAA said on its website.
The flight restriction on airspace over El Paso and neighboring Santa Teresa, New Mexico, went into effect at 1:30 a.m. ET on Wednesday. It will end at the same time on February 21.
The statement did not specify the reasons for these restrictions in El Paso, a city bordering Mexico and 23e most populous city in the United States.
“Based on the information my office and I were able to gather overnight and early this morning, there is no immediate threat to the community in the surrounding areas,” Veronica Escobar, who represents the city of El Paso in Congress, wrote on X.
The airport, which welcomed 3.49 million passengers in the first 11 months of 2025, confirmed its closure in a travel advisory on social media.
All flights “including commercial, cargo and general aviation flights” are grounded, the airport said, inviting travelers to contact their airline.
Major U.S. airlines, including Southwest, Delta, United, and American, fly to this airport.
