The Federal Aviation Administration abruptly nixed a 10-day airspace closure issued for El Paso, Texas, announcing Wednesday that it had been removed fewer than eight hours after it was announced.
“The temporary closure of airspace over El Paso has been lifted,” the FAA wrote on X shortly before 7 a.m. El Paso time. “There is no threat to commercial aviation. All flights will resume as normal.”
Moments later, a Trump administration official told The Post that drones operated by Mexican drug cartels had “breached US airspace.”
“The Department of War took action to disable the drones,” the official added. “The FAA and DOW have determined there is no threat to commercial travel.”
The agency had cited “special security reasons” for restricting flights over the border city — and all flights into and out of its airport — as of 11:30 p.m. local time Tuesday.
It represented the first time air travel to and from a US-based international airport had been restricted since after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks on New York and Washington.
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