# El Paso Airport closed for 10 days for "security reasons" (reopened on February 11, 2026) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 11, 2026, 10:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-paso-airport-closed-for-10-days-for-security-reasons-reopened-on-february-11-2026/1027575 "2026-02-11T10:18:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![FlikTheBlue](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fliktheblue/32/10972_2.png) [@FlikTheBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlikTheBlue)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2026, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-paso-airport-closed-for-10-days-for-security-reasons-reopened-on-february-11-2026/1027575/31 "2026-02-11T14:17:26Z")
> [@Der\_Trihs](#): > > > [@Pardel-Lux](#): > > > > Is it conceivable that this is a rehearsal for something they plan on a wider scale for the november election? > > Well, on the one hand I can’t see how shutting down airports would help them there. On the other hand, they’re idiots so who knows? Just because it makes no sense doesn’t mean they won’t do it. It’s hard to guess the motivations for behavior when the people behind it are irrational and stupid. My guess is that it’s more a trial of how the USAian public will react to such a move. El Paso was probably chosen due to the high number of potential distractions (aliens, whether extraterrestrial or human), potential invasion of Mexico, limited airstrikes in Juarez, all the other stuff discussed in this thread, etc. The real motivation is probably to find out how much they can get away with in the event they decide to do something like this again for some other nefarious purpose. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/el-paso-airport-closed-for-10-days-for-security-reasons-reopened-on-february-11-2026/1027575)._