El Paso Airspace Closed for 10 Days

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This seems....odd. Are we testing a new nuke? About to take out the cartels? Issued without notice.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-texas-flight-restrictions-hnk
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Info pretty limited right now. I'm assuming we'll know more in the morning.
fc2112
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Not goin' to Holloman now.......

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The following was reported as being in the NOTAM by at least one news source:

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THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION (FAA) CLASSIFIES THE AIRSPACE DEFINED IN THIS NOTAM AS 'NTL DEFENSE AIRSPACE'. PILOTS WHO DO NOT ADHERE TO THE FOLLOWING PROC MAY BE INTERCEPTED, DETAINED AND INTERVIEWED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT/SECURITY PERSONNEL,

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT MAY USE DEADLY FORCE AGAINST THE AIRBORNE ACFT, IF IT IS DETERMINED THAT THE ACFT POSES AN IMMINENT SECURITY THREAT


If you're interested, this purports to be a web cam at the El Paso airport:

https://app.truelook.cloud/dashboard/581/980/live?code=3zfuu8n6xpm20rqvvrp719rxy
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This is really odd, and all jokes aside, this hits around 200 flights per day? A lot of flights from Houston/Dallas to El Paso via SWA (often on to Vegas etc).

My only swag is that we are about to hammer some drug/trafficking gangs on both sides of the border.
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The NOTAM doesn't include Mexican Airspace
Marauder Blue 6
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Maybe the rumors of Iranian shoulder launched missiles crossing the border were true?
ts5641
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Marauder Blue 6 said:

Maybe the rumors of Iranian shoulder launched missiles crossing the border were true?

Wouldn't surprise me. Mexico won't help and biden let in millions of foreigners without vetting them.
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Correct. We don't have authority to issue it for their airspace.
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atmtws said:

This seems....odd. Are we testing a new nuke? About to take out the cartels? Issued without notice.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/02/11/us/faa-el-paso-texas-flight-restrictions-hnk


Very crazy to wake up to this. The length of time of the NOTAM is crazy.
torrid
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Not closed to general aviation and private pilots, but closed to ALL aircraft? Meaning airline flights in/out for ten days?
Ragoo
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Hours of entertainment

https://www.flightradar24.com/31.37,-106.39/6
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ts5641 said:

Marauder Blue 6 said:

Maybe the rumors of Iranian shoulder launched missiles crossing the border were true?

Wouldn't surprise me. Mexico won't help and biden let in millions of foreigners without vetting them.


You think if someone from Bidens era 13 months ago brought it a shoulder missle it would still be in El Paso?
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As another tidbit, they issued a similar TFR just west of El Paso for the same length of time.

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nortex97
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torrid said:

Not closed to general aviation and private pilots, but closed to ALL aircraft? Meaning airline flights in/out for ten days?

Correct, and airline requests for equipment relocation flights were also rejected. No military, no med trauma even, so whatever it is: it's gotta be a pretty large national security threat.

El Paso has around 800K residents and of course is pretty darn far from ABQ/Midland Odessa options.
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CheeseSndwch said:



This - aliens are coming for our tacos
Raiderjay
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Maybe US military strikes coming against Mexican cartel across the border?
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Flew overnight on a planned MVD->MIA->DFW->ELP route. Saw the news when I arrived in MIA early this morning. AA hasn't canceled my ticket yet and the agent in the flagship lounge in Miami hadn't heard anything about it.
Texas12&0
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Fixin' to attack cartels?
B-1 83
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Perhaps rumors of drones coming out of Mexico?
Being in TexAgs jail changes a man……..no, not really
MidlandOil$
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Here's hoping nothing snuck across the border (virus wise, intentionally or unintentional) and this is the first step of many to ensure containment.
SB IV
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So far the options are

1) Imminent foreign attack
2) Thwarting aviation trafficking
3) Aliens
The Fall Guy
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Mexican airspace is not closed and commercial flights there are still happening at Juarez airport.
Houston Lee
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This seems like a really big deal.
nhamp07
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Houston Lee said:

This seems like a really big deal.


The closure after 9/11 wasn't even 10 days
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corndog04 said:

Flew overnight on a planned MVD->MIA->DFW->ELP route. Saw the news when I arrived in MIA early this morning. AA hasn't canceled my ticket yet and the agent in the flagship lounge in Miami hadn't heard anything about it.


Ouch. Something tells me that you're stopping in DFW
The Fall Guy
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With Ft Bliss there also maybe large troop and equipment deployment? Lots of large aircraft needed. Did they do this during the gulf war buildup?
itsyourboypookie
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Gonna test some nukes
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nhamp07 said:

Houston Lee said:

This seems like a really big deal.


The closure after 9/11 wasn't even 10 days


It didn't end up being 10 days, but it was indefinite when. Issued, right?
nortex97
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The Fall Guy said:

With Ft Bliss there also maybe large troop and equipment deployment? Lots of large aircraft needed. Did they do this during the gulf war buildup?

Ft Bliss air traffic (Biggs) is in the NOTAM, also impacted.

No, this was not done during/ahead of the gulf wars.

This will also disrupt AA and SWA networks significantly if it goes on, as they have crews/aircraft 'stuck' in El Paso that would normally be shifting/moving/connecting etc.
Aust Ag
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Alot of ground crew, concessions,TSA, etc affected as well. No pay for 2 weeks? That's a back breaker for some.
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itsyourboypookie said:

Gonna test some nukes
This has nothing to do with nuclear testing. We do that in Nevada.
"If you will not fight for right when you can easily win without blood shed; if you will not fight when your victory is sure and not too costly; you may come to the moment when you will have to fight with all the odds against you and only a precarious chance of survival. There may even be a worse case. You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than to live as slaves." - Sir Winston Churchill
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corndog04 said:

Flew overnight on a planned MVD->MIA->DFW->ELP route. Saw the news when I arrived in MIA early this morning. AA hasn't canceled my ticket yet and the agent in the flagship lounge in Miami hadn't heard anything about it.


Got rerouted to ABQ via Chicago. Ultimately trying to get home to Ruidoso and that's close enough.
Tony Franklins Other Shoe
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Bob O' Rourke is behind this somehow.

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