# 2025-19986: FAA Reduces Airport Flight Cuts from 10% to 6% for Safety 2025-19986, Cancellation and Replacement of Emergency Order Establishing Operating Limitations on the Use of Navigable Airspace, is a Federal Register notice from Transportation Department, Federal Aviation Administration published 2025-11-17, effective 2025-11-13 (as of 2026-06-08). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19986 - As of: 2026-06-08 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Document number: 2025-19986 - Title: Cancellation and Replacement of Emergency Order Establishing Operating Limitations on the Use of Navigable Airspace - Type: Notice - Agencies: Transportation Department; Federal Aviation Administration - Citation: 90 FR 51426 - Published: 2025-11-17 - Effective: 2025-11-13 - Comments close: not stated - Significant: no - Touches household money: no - Regulation identifier numbers: none - Last updated: 2026-06-08 ## In one line FAA Reduces Airport Flight Cuts from 10% to 6% for Safety ## Summary The FAA is updating its emergency rules to keep our skies safe and smooth. Instead of cutting flights by 10% at some busy airports, airlines now only need to reduce flights by 6% during the day. This change starts November 13, 2025, and helps airlines keep flying while still avoiding delays and safety risks. ## Abstract This Order cancels and replaces the November 7, 2025, Emergency Order Establishing Operating Limitations on the Use of Navigable Airspace (November 7 Emergency Order) reducing and temporarily prohibiting certain operations in the navigable airspace to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS). This Order modifies the requirement of the November 7 Emergency Order to reduce operations at certain airports by 10 percent, by reducing the required reduction in operations to 6 percent. Accordingly, to maintain the highest standards of safety in the NAS, certain air carriers will be required to reduce their total daily scheduled domestic operations between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. local at certain airports by 6 percent, subject to the provisions set forth in this Order. This Order retains other restrictions in NAS operations and reductions in available Air Traffic Organization services contained in the November 7 Emergency Order. ## Effects PRIA read - Daytime Flight Cuts Reduced to 6%: cost, medium. Starting at 6:00 a.m. on November 13, 2025, each 14 CFR part 121 and commuter or scheduled 135 air carrier operating at the FAA's 40 High Impact Airports must reduce total daily scheduled domestic operations between 6:00 a.m. and 10:00 p.m. local by 6 percent (baseline = currently scheduled domesti… - Per‑Flight Civil Penalties for Violations: cost, high. Carriers that operate flights above the Order's limits may face civil penalties up to $75,000 for each flight if the carrier is not a small business, and up to $16,630 for each flight if the carrier qualifies as a small business, and the FAA may also seek injunctions under 49 U.S.C. 46106 and 46107… - General Aviation Limits at Major Airports: cost, medium. Beginning November 13, 2025, general aviation operations may be reduced by up to 10 percent at High Impact Airports (explicitly including TEB, HOU, and DAL), and operators of 14 CFR part 91, non‑scheduled part 135, and part 380 public charter aircraft are prohibited from operating at the airports l… - Space Launches Limited to Night Hours: cost, medium. Beginning at 6:00 a.m. EST on November 13, 2025, commercial space launches and reentries are permitted only between 10:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. local time while this Order remains in effect. - ATC Services May Be Suspended When Understaffed: cost, medium. When FAA facilities do not have adequate staffing, Air Traffic Control may elect not to provide certain services (including Radar Traffic Information Service, Radar Assistance to VFR aircraft, Terminal Radar Services for VFR aircraft, VFR Traffic Pattern Operations, practice approaches to VFR aircr… - DOT Issues Delay/Cancellation Reporting Guidance: benefit, low. The Department of Transportation's Office of Aviation Consumer Protection has issued guidance to carriers about reporting causes of delays and cancellations and how consumer protection rules apply given the FAA Order; the DOT posted guidance at https://www.transportation.gov/airconsumer/latest-news. ## Related documents - [2026-15585](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-15585): Requirements for Interference-Tolerant Radio Altimeter Systems, 2026-07-31 - [2026-13440](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-13440): Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight, 2026-07-02 - [2026-13126](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-13126): Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility; Extension of Comment Period, 2026-06-30 - [2026-08943](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-08943): Designation-Restrict the Operation of Unmanned Aircraft in Close Proximity to a Fixed Site Facility, 2026-05-06 - [2025-04846](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-04846): Extension of the Prohibition Against Certain Flights in the Territory and Airspace of Libya, 2025-03-20 - [2025-03853](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-03853): Enforcement Policy Regarding “Drug and Alcohol Testing of Certificated Repair Station Employees Located Outside of the United States; Corre…, 2025-03-11 ## Sources - [2025-19986 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/11/17/2025-19986/cancellation-and-replacement-of-emergency-order-establishing-operating-limitations-on-the-use-of) - [2025-19986 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-11-17/pdf/2025-19986.pdf) ## Related - [Previous: 2025-19985, Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed eCollection eComments Reques…](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19985) - [Next: 2025-19987, Senior Executive Service Performance Review Board Membership](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19987) - [All Federal Register documents](https://policyrisk.com/federal-register) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-19986 (as of 2026-06-08).