#FAA Halts All Flights at #ElPaso Airport for 10 Days
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#FAA Halts All Flights at #ElPaso Airport for 10 Days
No flights would be allowed to or from the airport for 10 days under a flight restriction order that cited unspecified “special security reasons.”
In a move that appeared to surprise local officials & airlines, the restriction went into effect at 11:30PM local time Tuesday & will remain until Feb. 20 for the airspace over El Paso & the neighboring community #SantaTeresa, NM, the FAA notices said.
#Trump #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-flight-restrictions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex Hrmmm
El Paso Airport is right next to Fort Bliss and Biggs Army Airfield. All right on Mexico border…Santa Teresa is a bit to the east and near Cielo Dorado Estates - which is a gated community with its own private airfield for small aircraft. (Which may mean nothing)
Santa Teresa is between El Paso Airport and Las Cruces Airport… which also may mean nothing.
Weird. Glad this admin is the “most transparent ever.”
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#FAA Halts All Flights at #ElPaso Airport for 10 Days
No flights would be allowed to or from the airport for 10 days under a flight restriction order that cited unspecified “special security reasons.”
In a move that appeared to surprise local officials & airlines, the restriction went into effect at 11:30PM local time Tuesday & will remain until Feb. 20 for the airspace over El Paso & the neighboring community #SantaTeresa, NM, the FAA notices said.
#Trump #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-flight-restrictions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex Ugh. Puerto Rico airspace was shuttered prior to the Maduro ‘extraction.’ A complete halt on civilian/commercial ops down near the US-MEX border suggests military activity is afoot.
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@Nonilex is it debris off of the mars-mans rockets again?
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#FAA Halts All Flights at #ElPaso Airport for 10 Days
No flights would be allowed to or from the airport for 10 days under a flight restriction order that cited unspecified “special security reasons.”
In a move that appeared to surprise local officials & airlines, the restriction went into effect at 11:30PM local time Tuesday & will remain until Feb. 20 for the airspace over El Paso & the neighboring community #SantaTeresa, NM, the FAA notices said.
#Trump #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-flight-restrictions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-shareThe #FAA posted that it has lifted the temporary closure of the airspace over #ElPaso, saying there was no threat to commercial aviation & that all flights will resume.
#Trump Transportation Secy Sean Duffy posted that the FAA & the #Defense Dept “acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized & there is no danger to commercial travel in the region.” He said normal flights are resuming.
[precursor to Mexico invasion?]
https://apnews.com/live/faa-el-paso-texas-air-space-closed-updates?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-11-Breaking+News -
The #FAA posted that it has lifted the temporary closure of the airspace over #ElPaso, saying there was no threat to commercial aviation & that all flights will resume.
#Trump Transportation Secy Sean Duffy posted that the FAA & the #Defense Dept “acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized & there is no danger to commercial travel in the region.” He said normal flights are resuming.
[precursor to Mexico invasion?]
https://apnews.com/live/faa-el-paso-texas-air-space-closed-updates?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-11-Breaking+News@Nonilex
"[precursor to Mexico invasion?]"
That's how I read it. This is the kind of thing they'll use as an excuse. -
The #FAA posted that it has lifted the temporary closure of the airspace over #ElPaso, saying there was no threat to commercial aviation & that all flights will resume.
#Trump Transportation Secy Sean Duffy posted that the FAA & the #Defense Dept “acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized & there is no danger to commercial travel in the region.” He said normal flights are resuming.
[precursor to Mexico invasion?]
https://apnews.com/live/faa-el-paso-texas-air-space-closed-updates?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-11-Breaking+News@Nonilex Could it be a power move to intimidate one of the largest majority Hispanic cities in the country? It is nearly 85% Hispanic. The closest major US airport to El Paso is a 4 hour drive.
Whatever the goal here it stinks to high heaven. -
@Nonilex Could it be a power move to intimidate one of the largest majority Hispanic cities in the country? It is nearly 85% Hispanic. The closest major US airport to El Paso is a 4 hour drive.
Whatever the goal here it stinks to high heaven.@Nonilex Welp, it's being reported that US military closed the airspace while they shot down what turned out to be a party balloon.
The incompetence of the regime makes me nearly as concerned as I am about their authoritarian goals. -
The #FAA posted that it has lifted the temporary closure of the airspace over #ElPaso, saying there was no threat to commercial aviation & that all flights will resume.
#Trump Transportation Secy Sean Duffy posted that the FAA & the #Defense Dept “acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized & there is no danger to commercial travel in the region.” He said normal flights are resuming.
[precursor to Mexico invasion?]
https://apnews.com/live/faa-el-paso-texas-air-space-closed-updates?utm_source=onesignal&utm_medium=push&utm_campaign=2026-02-11-Breaking+News#US #military plans to use counter-drone laser triggered #ElPaso airspace closure
A #Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without coordinating with the #FAA about potential risks to civilian #flights prompted Wednesday’s unprecedented airspace shutdown over El Paso, #Texas, multiple sources told CNN.
Those accounts come as the #Trump admin claimed that a #Mexican #cartel drone crossing into #US airspace is what triggered the shutdown.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-texas-flight-restrictions-hnk
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#US #military plans to use counter-drone laser triggered #ElPaso airspace closure
A #Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without coordinating with the #FAA about potential risks to civilian #flights prompted Wednesday’s unprecedented airspace shutdown over El Paso, #Texas, multiple sources told CNN.
Those accounts come as the #Trump admin claimed that a #Mexican #cartel drone crossing into #US airspace is what triggered the shutdown.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-texas-flight-restrictions-hnk
If you're testing a weapon designed to attack drones with high-intensity laser beams, you don't do it live over a working commercial airport. You do it over a large military reservation, comprised of space mostly empty of humans.
You don't close busy commercial airspace for ten days, disrupting civilian and military traffic, for a practice session.
Once again, Trump, Hegseth and his other pet running the FAA are lying, dangerously incompetent, or both.
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#US #military plans to use counter-drone laser triggered #ElPaso airspace closure
A #Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without coordinating with the #FAA about potential risks to civilian #flights prompted Wednesday’s unprecedented airspace shutdown over El Paso, #Texas, multiple sources told CNN.
Those accounts come as the #Trump admin claimed that a #Mexican #cartel drone crossing into #US airspace is what triggered the shutdown.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-texas-flight-restrictions-hnk
Multiple sources from the federal government & US airlines told CNN that #military activity near #ElPaso, including #US #drones monitoring #cartel operations & the #Pentagon’s planned use of a high-energy laser designed to counter drones, raised immediate concerns for civilian traffic arriving & departing #ELP. #FortBliss & its airfield, #BiggsArmyAirfield, sit just north of the commercial airport, which serves about 100 flights each day.
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Multiple sources from the federal government & US airlines told CNN that #military activity near #ElPaso, including #US #drones monitoring #cartel operations & the #Pentagon’s planned use of a high-energy laser designed to counter drones, raised immediate concerns for civilian traffic arriving & departing #ELP. #FortBliss & its airfield, #BiggsArmyAirfield, sit just north of the commercial airport, which serves about 100 flights each day.
It is not clear if the #Pentagon moved ahead with the deployment of the laser system on Tuesday or Wednesday after notifying the #FAA of its planned use [Seems pretty clear they didn’t].
FAA & Pentagon officials had been scheduled to meet February 20 to review potential impacts & mitigation measures for a test of the laser system, a technology the Pentagon has been testing in more remote areas of the country, multiple sources said.
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It is not clear if the #Pentagon moved ahead with the deployment of the laser system on Tuesday or Wednesday after notifying the #FAA of its planned use [Seems pretty clear they didn’t].
FAA & Pentagon officials had been scheduled to meet February 20 to review potential impacts & mitigation measures for a test of the laser system, a technology the Pentagon has been testing in more remote areas of the country, multiple sources said.
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#US #military plans to use counter-drone laser triggered #ElPaso airspace closure
A #Pentagon plan to use a high-energy, counter-drone laser without coordinating with the #FAA about potential risks to civilian #flights prompted Wednesday’s unprecedented airspace shutdown over El Paso, #Texas, multiple sources told CNN.
Those accounts come as the #Trump admin claimed that a #Mexican #cartel drone crossing into #US airspace is what triggered the shutdown.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-texas-flight-restrictions-hnk
@Nonilex Sounds like a dry-run for upcoming blue airspace closures.
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The #FAA’s decision to close the airspace was made without telling the White House first, acc/to sources. The issue became a topic of intense focus inside the West Wing early morning Wednesday, as #Texas lawmakers pressed for answers on why the airspace was suddenly closed without first alerting them.
A #Trump admin official lied Wednesday morning that the shutdown was triggered by #Defense Dept “action to disable” #Mexican #cartel #drones.
When caught doing something stupid, lie.
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#FAA Halts All Flights at #ElPaso Airport for 10 Days
No flights would be allowed to or from the airport for 10 days under a flight restriction order that cited unspecified “special security reasons.”
In a move that appeared to surprise local officials & airlines, the restriction went into effect at 11:30PM local time Tuesday & will remain until Feb. 20 for the airspace over El Paso & the neighboring community #SantaTeresa, NM, the FAA notices said.
#Trump #idiocracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-flight-restrictions.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share@Nonilex Is this what they were so eager to test?
Ukrainians develop new laser air defense system - Ukrainian World Congress
Ukrainian engineers have developed and successfully tested a new laser-based air defense system called Sunray to counter enemy drones.
(www.ukrainianworldcongress.org)
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The #FAA’s decision to close the airspace was made without telling the White House first, acc/to sources. The issue became a topic of intense focus inside the West Wing early morning Wednesday, as #Texas lawmakers pressed for answers on why the airspace was suddenly closed without first alerting them.
A #Trump admin official lied Wednesday morning that the shutdown was triggered by #Defense Dept “action to disable” #Mexican #cartel #drones.
When caught doing something stupid, lie.
@Nonilex there is nothing relative to truth in their world, so they open their gaping maws and whatever falls out they hold up and smile at, gap-toothed and incredulous
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The #FAA’s decision to close the airspace was made without telling the White House first, acc/to sources. The issue became a topic of intense focus inside the West Wing early morning Wednesday, as #Texas lawmakers pressed for answers on why the airspace was suddenly closed without first alerting them.
A #Trump admin official lied Wednesday morning that the shutdown was triggered by #Defense Dept “action to disable” #Mexican #cartel #drones.
When caught doing something stupid, lie.
CNN reached out to the #FAA & White House for comment about the differing explanations. The #Pentagon Wednesday continued to refer to the #Trump admin official’s statement about a drone breach having caused the airspace closure.
Secy of #Transportation #SeanDuffy posted to social media crediting the FAA & #Defense Dept with acting “swiftly to address a #cartel #drone incursion.”
“The threat has been neutralized, & there is no danger to commercial travel in the region,” he posted.
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CNN reached out to the #FAA & White House for comment about the differing explanations. The #Pentagon Wednesday continued to refer to the #Trump admin official’s statement about a drone breach having caused the airspace closure.
Secy of #Transportation #SeanDuffy posted to social media crediting the FAA & #Defense Dept with acting “swiftly to address a #cartel #drone incursion.”
“The threat has been neutralized, & there is no danger to commercial travel in the region,” he posted.
Incursions along the southern border are extremely common & historically do not prompt such airspace closures. In 2024, Air Force Gen. Greg Guillot, the commander of #NORTHCOM, told the #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte that the number of incursions along the #US #Mexico border was “over a thousand” each month.
The #DEA & other US security agencies have used facilities at the Biggs Army Airfield for years as part of efforts to monitor #Mexico based drug #cartel operations.
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Incursions along the southern border are extremely common & historically do not prompt such airspace closures. In 2024, Air Force Gen. Greg Guillot, the commander of #NORTHCOM, told the #Senate #ArmedServices Cmte that the number of incursions along the #US #Mexico border was “over a thousand” each month.
The #DEA & other US security agencies have used facilities at the Biggs Army Airfield for years as part of efforts to monitor #Mexico based drug #cartel operations.
#ElPaso, with a population of nearly 700k, is the sixth-largest city in #Texas & one of the 25 largest in the #US. It is a hub of cross-border commerce alongside neighboring Ciudad Juárez in #Mexico.
Nearly 3.5 million passengers passed through #ELP in the first 11 months of 2025, according to its website.…
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#ElPaso, with a population of nearly 700k, is the sixth-largest city in #Texas & one of the 25 largest in the #US. It is a hub of cross-border commerce alongside neighboring Ciudad Juárez in #Mexico.
Nearly 3.5 million passengers passed through #ELP in the first 11 months of 2025, according to its website.…
In the initial flight restrictions, the #FAA classified the area around #ElPaso as “(National) Defense Airspace” & said pilots who violated the restriction could be intercepted, detained & questioned by law enforcement.
It warned that additional actions could be taken for pilots who don’t adhere to the restrictions, including suspension of flight certifications, #criminal charges, & that the #US govt “may use deadly force” if an aircraft poses an “imminent security threat.”
