Hundreds of flights in and out of Atlanta were cancelled or delayed on Monday amid the ongoing government shutdown.
At 41 days, this shutdown was nearly a week longer than the prior record of 35 days set during President Donald Trump's first term.
Last week, as the U.S. Senate seemed locked in a stalemate, the Trump administration ordered a gradual cutback in flights at the country's 40 largest airports, starting with a 4% cut on Friday and reaching 10% on Tuesday.
The Federal Aviation Administration said the slowdown was necessary to alleviate strain on air traffic controllers, who have been working without pay since the country began operating without a budget on Oct. 1.
On Monday, that translated to 220 cancellations and another 207 delays at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, according to the flight-tracking service FlightAware. That works out to about 10% of the average 2,100 daily flights cancelled and another 10% delayed.
FlightAware was expecting a gradual winding down of disruptions later in the week, with about 100 cancellations on Tuesday and fewer than 70 on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, on Monday, Congress seemed poised to reach an agreement to reopen the government ahead of the busy holiday travel season, as the U.S. Senate signaled a deal on passage of a continuing resolution to fund the government through January.