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 FAA briefly pauses some LAX arrivals after SCT staffing shortfall


LOS ANGELES — The Federal Aviation Administration temporarily paused some inbound flights to Los Angeles International Airport on the morning of Monday, Sept. 14, 2026, citing staffing constraints at Southern California Terminal Radar Approach Control.



The FAA said a traffic management program delaying some arriving flights could also affect departing schedules and advised travelers to check with their airlines. Southern California TRACON, known as SCT, manages approach control for much of the region’s airspace — roughly from north of Burbank to the U.S.-Mexico border and from the San Bernardino area west to Santa Catalina Island — according to FAA descriptions reported by NBC Los Angeles and other outlets.


NBC Los Angeles reported the FAA later removed the notification from its airport status website and lifted the pause the same morning. Spectrum News reported FlightAware showed about 102 delayed departures from LAX during the disruption and that the FAA rated the probability of extending delays as medium while the program was active.


It was not immediately clear how many individual flights were held or diverted. LAX remains one of the busiest U.S. airports, and brief ground stops or arrival metering programs can ripple into gate delays, missed connections and ground congestion for passengers traveling to and from South Bay and South Los Angeles communities along the I-105 corridor.


SCT staffing shortages have periodically triggered similar traffic management initiatives across Southern California. Monday’s pause was short-lived but underscored how regional controller staffing can constrain arrival rates into LAX even when weather and runway conditions are otherwise normal.


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