More Than 1,100 U.S. Flights Canceled Sunday

Nationwide flight disruptions stretched into Sunday following cancellations and delays to thousands of flights on Saturday, as the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) limited capacity at 40 major U.S. airports amid the longest government shutdown in American history, David Brennan reported for ABC News.

Major disruption was expected to continue through Sunday.

As of 5:30 a.m. ET on Sunday, more than 1,100 flights had been canceled across the country, according to the FlightAware website, as the FAA grappled with sustained staffing shortages in air traffic control towers and centers.

Saturday saw 1,521 flights canceled nationwide and more than 6,400 delayed. Those figures surpassed Friday’s, when 1,024 flights were canceled. Since Friday, more than 3,700 flights have been scrapped.

Major disruption was expected to continue through Sunday. As of Saturday night, there were more than 40 air traffic control staffing “triggers” at facilities across the country.

The FAA decided not to cut any international flights, as doing so would violate international agreements with other countries, Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in an interview on ABC News Live on Friday, Ahmad Hemingway, Jon Haworth, and Nadine El-Bawab also reported for ABC News.