An airplane passes during a partial solar eclipse seen from Queens, New York City, U.S., April 8, 2024. Monday's solar eclipse is giving some of the country's smaller airports their moment in the sun. The Federal Aviation Administration reported arriving flights at airports from Burlington, Vermont, to southern Illinois were briefly halted Monday morning ahead of the total eclipse. The best views of the solar eclipse in the U.S. span from Texas through Illinois, Kentucky and Ohio to northwestern New York and Maine, according to NASA. "We had to close the runway to park planes," Alyssa Connell, head of operations at Southern Illinois Airport in Murphysboro, Illinois, told CNBC.

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Persons: Alyssa Connell, Patrick Leahy, Dave Carman, It's, Carman Organizations: Federal Aviation Administration, NASA, FAA, Southern Illinois Airport, CNBC, International Locations: Queens , New York City, U.S, Burlington , Vermont, Illinois, Texas, Illinois , Kentucky, Ohio, New York, Maine, Murphysboro , Illinois, Vermont