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Nov. 11 (UPI) — Flight cancellations in the United States reached nearly 1,200 early Tuesday as the Federal Aviation Administration further reduced flights amid the record-breaking government shutdown.

The flight reductions increased from the 5% imposed Friday to 6% Tuesday. Those figures were expected to further increase to 8% on Thursday and 10% on Friday, according to The Hill.

Flight tracking website FlightAware said there were 1,194 cancellations within, into or out of the United States as of 11 a.m. EST. There were slightly more delays — 1,239.

The site’s so-called MiseryMap shows the greatest numbers of flight disruptions at Chicago O’Hare International Airport, LaGuardia Airport in New York City, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport, Boston Logan International Airport and Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

Chicago-area airports faced extra complications this week after heavy snowfall led to some cancellations Monday. Light snow continued early Tuesday, ABC News reported.

The FAA ordered dozens of airports to reduce both private and commercial flights to accommodate for a growing number of air traffic controllers missing work amid the government shutdown and lack of pay.

The shutdown, which reached its 42nd day Tuesday, could be on its way to a resolution after the Senate approved bipartisan legislation to temporarily fund the government Monday. The House must now vote on the legislation before it can be sent to President Donald Trump‘s desk for a signature.

Nov. 10 (UPI) — The Federal Aviation Administration on has imposed restrictions on private flights at 12 major U.S. airports, a business aviation trade group said.

The new rule — called a Notice to Airmen, or NOTAM — bans all non-scheduled operations at the 12 airports, which “will effectively prohibit business aviation operations,” the National Business Aviation Association said in a statement Sunday. The restrictions went into effect at midnight Sunday.

The organization said the move “disproportionately” impacts private flights, “an industry that creates more than a million jobs, generates $340 billion in economic impact and supports humanitarian flights every day.”

The announcement comes amid shortages in air traffic controller staffing in response to the federal government shutdown. At 41 days Monday, it’s the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.

Commercial airlines began cutting flights Friday after the FAA ordered a 5% reduction in traffic at 40 major airports in the United States. The government said the restrictions will increase to 10% by Friday if a resolution isn’t passed to fund and reopen the government by then.

It may not get to that point, however, after the Senate on Sunday voted to advance a proposal that, if passed by Congress, would fund the government through January.

NBAA President and CEO Ed Belen said the announcement Sunday “underscores the need to reopen the government to serve all Americans.”

“NBAA stands with the rest of the aviation community in calling upon Congress to end the shutdown immediately, and for the NOTAMs to be repealed when the government opens,” he added.

The NBAA said the new restrictions apply to private flights at:

— Chicago O’Hare International Airport

— Dallas Fort Worth International Airport

— Denver International Airport

— General Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport in Boston

— George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston

— Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport

— John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City

— Los Angeles International Airport

— Newark Liberty International Airport

— Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport

— Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport

— Seattle-Tacoma International Airport