Updated at 5:35 p.m. ET
Travelers experienced significant flight delays at New York’s LaGuardia Airport and at New Jersey’s Newark Liberty International Airport on Friday due to a shortage of air traffic control center workers. Philadelphia International Airport also saw slight staffing-related delays.
The staffing problems took place against the backdrop of the 35th day of the partial government shutdown, which President Trump announced Friday would come to an end with a three-week stopgap funding measure.
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