If you're flying to New York, New Jersey or Philadelphia, from the Nashville International Airport, there's a chance you may not take off today.

On Friday morning, the FAA announced flights delayed at three major airports due to 'staffing' issues amid government shutdown.

"Every airport that flies into (those three airports) will be affected," Nashville airport spokeswoman Shannon Summrall said Friday.

As of about 10 a.m., about a half-dozen departing flights from BNA to those affected airports were either delayed or canceled.

At least two arriving flights from those destinations were also canceled or delayed.

Security screening wait times at the Nashville airport were averaging 15 minutes, according to the airport's online real time tracker.

Click here to check real-time flight info at BNA.

The FAA listed “staffing” as the cause and had issued a “traffic management” initiative to slow down the rates of departures. Typically, that “metering” effort helps controllers space out planes to keep the pace of either arrivals or departures from exceeding their capacity.

The FAA confirmed it had initiated procedures to adjust flights because of an increase in sick calls by controllers.

In Memphis, Memphis International Airport officials say it's business as usual there.

Spokesperson Glen Thomas said while that airport is seeing some flight cancellations, airport officials are not privy to why those flights are canceled or delayed — they just know the status.

Thomas said as of Friday morning, he was only aware of one canceled flight from Memphis to Washington, D.C., on American Airlines; one canceled flight to LaGuardia in New York on Delta; and two delayed afternoon flights to LaGuardia on Delta.

But Thomas warns that things can change quickly.

"We always recommend to passengers that they can check directly with their airlines for more information, as the airlines rather than the airport will have the latest information on scheduling status," Thomas said.

Knoxville’s McGhee Tyson Airport has two flights into LaGuardia Airport on Friday, both on Delta Air Lines. The first was scheduled for 8:30 a.m. Friday and was delayed due to a mechanical issue. It is scheduled to leave at 12:15 p.m. The second flight is scheduled to depart at 12:30 p.m. and is now delayed until 1:45 p.m., according to Becky Huckaby, vice president of public relations for Metropolitan Knoxville Airport Authority.

“We do not have service into Newark today and our American Airline Philadelphia flight is showing as on time today at 3:22 p.m.,” she said.

The public may monitor McGhee Tyson’s flights at FlyKnoxville.com or visit the FAA’s system at fly.faa.gov

This is a developing story.

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Ben Mutzabaugh contributed to this report.