Travelers experienced delays at major U.S. airports on Friday, an effect of the shutdown that rippled across the nation as federal workers continued to go without paychecks and more and more called off work.

News broke Friday morning that the Federal Aviation Administration was stopping flights into LaGuardia Airport in New York.

Later in the day, even as the country prepped for an announcement regarding a temporary deal to end the shutdown, the FAA website showed delays at LaGuardia and Newark International airports as well as in Atlanta and Fort Lauderdale and Miami, Florida.

There were eight flights scheduled for Friday from the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport to LaGuardia, with at least one cancelled and several others delayed.

CVG also had Friday flights scheduled for Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale and Miami.

A CVG spokeswoman did not respond to a request for comment on Friday, and a call to the FAA offices rang unanswered.

"You've reached the FAA office of communications," the voicemail begins. "Due to the lapse in funding, we aren't able to respond to your call."

On Wednesday, unions representing air traffic controllers pilots and flight attendants warned of "a growing concern for the safety and security of our members, our airlines, and the traveling public due to the government shutdown."

“As union leaders," the joint statement reads, "we find it unconscionable that aviation professionals are being asked to work without pay and in an air safety environment that is deteriorating by the day...."