FAA Suddenly Drops Unprecedented Air Restrictions Over El Paso, Southern New Mexico

Wednesday, February 11, 2026

The Federal Aviation Administration issued unexplained notices late Tuesday closing airspace over El Paso and a large patch of southern New Mexico west of Santa Teresa for 10 days. El Paso International Airport is closed to all flights, the city said.

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Conversation between El Paso Tower and Southwest: https://x.com/Vitamvivere/status/2021487318826168384/video/1

SWA 1249: Okay. Ground stop 0630 for how long? ELP Tower: Ten days. SWA 1249: So the airport's totally closed? ELP Tower: Apparently, we just got informed about thirty minutes to an hour ago. SWA 1249: So for TEN DAYS you guys are not open? ELP Tower: Well I mean we'll be here but no air traffic. SWA 1249: Okay! Thanks for that heads-up.

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2026: The Year of Mars, God of War

#1 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-11 04:41 AM | Reply

Every day is a fresh hell with the diabolical Trumpf junta.

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#2 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-11 05:15 AM | Reply

Preparing for Trump's trademarked brand of dumbfookery in Mexico?

#3 | Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2026-02-11 06:18 AM | Reply

And Canadian airlines stopped flying to Cuba because of a lack of aviation fuel.

Oil from Venezuela destined to Cuba is now enroute to Israel.

The Mexican government is trying to help their impoverished island neighbor and is "exploring all diplomatic avenues to be able to send fuel to the Cuban people", despite efforts from Washington to cut off oil to the Caribbean nation. Mexico is sending Cuba humanitarian aid, but President Claudia Sheinbaum is in a tough spot thanks to the insidious Trumpf regime.

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#4 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2026-02-11 06:57 AM | Reply

The gremlins in Trump's brain are on the march again and growing stronger.

#5 | Posted by Twinpac at 2026-02-11 09:11 AM | Reply

Let me guess, massing troops to invade Mexico.

#6 | Posted by bat4255 at 2026-02-11 09:17 AM | Reply

TACO, Now it's lifted, make up your mind.

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#7 | Posted by bat4255 at 2026-02-11 09:21 AM | Reply

This was a massive failure of the national defense.

Just an indicator of the holes Trump has left in our protections since he started chasing Jews...er...migrants at the expense of everything else.

#8 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-11 09:43 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X that the FAA and the Defense Department "acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion. The threat has been neutralized and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region."

It's a shame that the Trump white house is so full of liars that such claims from them can't be taken seriously.

#9 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-02-11 09:51 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

The UAP cleanup went quicker than expected.

#10 | Posted by donnerboy at 2026-02-11 09:54 AM | Reply

"Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said in a post on X that the FAA and the Defense Department "acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion"

Another story, offered within the last hour, is that the DoD and FAA had a breakdown in communications.

#11 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-11 10:07 AM | Reply

C'mon people, you know the routine. This bullshit has been going on since 1898. This is just a step in manufacturing consent for air-based (and possibly ground-based) operations in Mexico.

#1. Sow chaos: Get the public's attention with a spectacle (either a fabricated casus belli or a major news story that creates a false sense of insecurity)
#2. Make #1 the excuse for unilaterally violating a sovereign nation's borders.
#3. Sign Executive Order that designates an individual or individuals terrorists
#4 Sign Executive order that gives the go-ahead for military action that ALWAYS ends up killing innocent people in the name of "self defense" or "regime change

#12 | Posted by pumpkinhead at 2026-02-11 10:09 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 2

They didn't close airspace to deal with drones.

#13 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2026-02-11 10:35 AM | Reply

They didn't close airspace to deal with drones.

#13 | POSTED BY LEE_THE_AGENT

I dunno. Maybe there were millions of drones, all flying high enough to be detected by radar.

#14 | Posted by Zed at 2026-02-11 10:40 AM | Reply

Trophy for most ambiguously worded thread title goes to Snoofy.

#15 | Posted by visitor_ at 2026-02-11 11:31 AM | Reply