India, Feb. 11 -- The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on Wednesday morning reopened the airspace around El Paso International Airport, just hours after announcing a 10-day shutdown that would have grounded all flights to and from the Texas border city.

In a social media post, the FAA said it had lifted the temporary closure, adding that there was "no threat to commercial aviation" and that normal flight operations would resume.

Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said on X that the FAA and the Department of Defense "acted swiftly to address a cartel drone incursion."

"The threat has been neutralized and there is no danger to commercial travel in the region," Duffy said, confirming that flights were resuming Wednesday morning.

He...