Despite Friday being the first official day of the Federal Aviation Administration cutting back flights throughout the nation’s aviation system, Pittsburgh International Airport appeared to be running normally.

Jackie Ferguson, a customer assistance representative for American Airlines at the airport, said Pittsburgh might not be directly affected until the tail end of the weekend.

“I think everything seems to be running smooth, and that’s good,” said Ferguson, who’s worked in air travel for 16 years. “I think everybody’s trying to be ahead of the problem.”

U.S. airlines were under federal orders to cut 4% of flights at 40 major airports — including about 700 flights from American, Delta, Southwest and United — as a result of the government shutdown, according to Reuters.

The cuts will be phased in over the next several days, reaching 10% by next Friday if the shutdown continues, Reuters said.

There were no abnormal levels of cancellations or delays in Pittsburgh Friday, Ferguson said, and nothing has been significantly impacted from an employee standpoint.

A departures board behind Ferguson showed most flights were on time.

As of this morning, Pittsburgh had a total of eight cancellations — four departures and four arrivals — related to the FAA reductions, according to Bob Kerlik, a Pittsburgh International Airport spokesman.

“Delays can happen for any reason,” Ferguson said. “I can’t speak for all the airlines, (but) for American, we’ve been really ahead of it … We ran really smooth today.”

As the reductions ramp up and ripple through the system, however, Ferguson said Pittsburgh operations could be affected starting Sunday into Monday.

“I think that’s a natural progression of a bad situation,” she said. “Here in Pittsburgh, we have our fingers crossed that we won’t feel it like the major airports.”

Jake Wentzel, of South Park, and Kami Kaczanowicz, of Lower Burrell, were flying from Pittsburgh to Dallas on Friday for a wedding.

“I asked him if he thought we would have issues,” Kaczanowicz said. “He thought maybe coming back.”

Both said they weren’t too concerned with the Pittsburgh-to-Dallas leg of their flight at least, even though it had been delayed by 30 minutes.

“If we get stuck in Dallas, it’s probably nicer than being here,” Wentzel said.

This story will be updated.