Airspace Was To Have Closed For 10 Days Over ‘Security Reasons’ The FAA has lifted temporary flight restrictions over El Paso just hours after it said it was halting all flights. “The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted. There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal,” the FAA said Wednesday morning.The FAA had earlier announced that all flights to and from El Paso were being grounded for “special security reasons,” including commercial, cargo and general aviation. The restriction was initially set to be effective from February 10 at 11:30 p.m. MST to February 20 at 11:30 p.m. MST. No details were given about what the security reasons were or the reason for the sudden change in flight restrictions.
