(NEWSnet) – The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a formal notice on the possibility of disruptions to air traffic and airports along the path of the April 8 total solar eclipse.

The cautions include higher-than normal air traffic, limited parking at airports and limits on normal aircraft activity.

For example, the FAA said, “Practice approaches, touch-and-goes, flight following services and pilot training operations at airports within the eclipse path will be extremely limited and possibly prohibited during this time period.”

Parts of 15 U.S. states are included in totality for the April 8 eclipse, although two states — Tennessee and Michigan — just barely. The main path in the U.S. starts in Texas, then moves into Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. Delta has booked two special flights just for eclipse views that day.

Major cities along totality include Dallas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Indianapolis, Cleveland, Ohio; and Buffalo, New York.

In preparation, FAA said that close attention should be paid to “Notice To Air Mission” or NOTAM announcements for airports that are within a 50-mile zone of totality from April 7 to 10, given the possibility for potential flight holds, reroutes or staging.

The dozens of airports listed on that notice range from metro airports such as Indianapolis International Airport to small, rural airports such as North Bass Island in Lake Erie, Ohio.

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