Flight delays reported across multiple U.S. airports as unpaid essential workers call in sick during government shutdown.

Hollywood Burbank Airport has found itself in an operational bind amid the current government shutdown. NBC Los Angeles is reporting that multiple call-outs and absences left the airport with no controllers on Monday evening.

The occurrence came as a result of staffing shortages at the regional airport, according to an advisory by the FAA that also reported an average 2.5-hour delay. During this time, Southern California TRACON ran operations remotely, which serves most airports across SoCal. It guides approximately 2.2 million planes yearly.

A Los Angeles-area airport had no controllers on duty Monday evening, a shortage California’s governor linked to the government shutdown.

Operations at the L.A. airport were run remotely due to a shortage of air traffic controllers on Monday, Oct. 6

Inbound flights to Hollywood Burbank Airport were delayed at their origin an average of about two-and-a-half hours.

Air traffic controller staffing shortages were reported Monday afternoon at Hollywood Burbank Airport. As of 4:15 p.m., the airport in Los Angeles’ San Fernando Valley was expecting to be without air traffic controllers due to sick calls,