The FAA is preparing for more possible ground stops and delays at several major airports amid air traffic controller shortages in the government shutdown.

As air traffic controllers miss their first full paycheck, larger numbers of the workforce are calling in sick—forcing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to slow the flow of traffic at some of the nation’s busiest airports.

The government shutdown is now one week away from being the longest stoppage in US history as federal workers miss full paychecks and flight delays pile up. In focus again this week are airports. Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy predicted Sunday on Fox News that in the coming days we are "going to see more staffing shortages in towers,

Flight delays and cancellations at Kruger Mpumalanga International Airport this month caused traveller frustration and loss of tourism income.