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Passengers queue at El Paso International Airport after the Federal Aviation Administration lifted its temporary closure of the airspace over El Paso, saying all flights will resume as normal and that there was no threat to commercial aviation, in El Paso, Texas, on Feb. 11, 2026. Jose Luis Gonzalez/Reuters
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Feb. 11 lifted a temporary suspension of flights to and from El Paso International Airport in Texas, hours after grounding all operations for what it had described as “special security reasons.”
“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 agency said in a statement.
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
