"A person familiar with the notices, who asked not to be identified because they weren’t authorized to speak publicly, said the action to close airspace over a major U.S. for security reasons over extended period hasn’t happened since immediately after the terror attacks of Sept. 11, 2001."
City Councilman Chris Canales:
"Hi y’all. This is real, but reason at all to panic. We’re all trying to work out why this crazy NOTAM was issued by the FAA. What I know so far (as of 12:56 AM local time Wednesday):
• It isn’t a typo or an error. FAA issued this NOTAM intentionally as written.
• Nobody local got advance notice — neither civilian nor military leadership.
• Military does not have carte blanche exemption. Army seems to be fretting about their flights tomorrow just as much as everyone else.
• Local air traffic controllers didn’t get advance notice.
• Albuquerque Center (regional air traffic controllers) also did not get advance notice.
c420|18 days ago
https://elpasomatters.org/2026/02/11/unexplained-faa-order-s...
City Councilman Chris Canales: "Hi y’all. This is real, but reason at all to panic. We’re all trying to work out why this crazy NOTAM was issued by the FAA. What I know so far (as of 12:56 AM local time Wednesday):
• It isn’t a typo or an error. FAA issued this NOTAM intentionally as written.
• Nobody local got advance notice — neither civilian nor military leadership.
• Military does not have carte blanche exemption. Army seems to be fretting about their flights tomorrow just as much as everyone else.
• Local air traffic controllers didn’t get advance notice.
• Albuquerque Center (regional air traffic controllers) also did not get advance notice.
I’ll share more updates here as I’m able."
https://www.reddit.com/r/ElPaso/comments/1r1qw1j/comment/o4r...
dlcarrier|18 days ago
ben_w|18 days ago
I'm just hoping that "special security reasons" isn't going to be in the same category as "special military operation".