EL PASO, TEXAS – DECEMBER 25: An indication on the El Paso Worldwide Airport (ELP) on December 25, 2025 in El Paso, Texas.
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The U.S. has halted all flights to and from El Paso Worldwide Airport in Texas close to the border with Mexico for “particular safety causes,” the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration stated on Wednesday, with out giving extra particulars.
The airport, which is subsequent to the U.S. army’s Biggs Military Airfield and sits over the border from the Mexican metropolis of Juarez, stated all flights had been grounded in a submit on Instagram.
The airport stated the restrictions had been issued “on brief discover” and that it was ready for added steerage from the FAA, in response to The New York Instances.
The FAA stated the non permanent restrictions could be in place till February 21 and lined a radius of about 10 nautical miles from the airport, although they didn’t embrace Mexican airspace.
The FAA didn’t instantly reply to a Reuters request for particulars in regards to the “safety causes”.
The airport dealt with 3.49 million passengers within the first 11 months of 2025. Main U.S. airways, together with Southwest, Delta, United and American fly there.
