Many, including Florida Governor Rick Scott, are not happy with possible travel delays caused by Federal Aviation Administration furloughs.

“This doesn’t make any sense, why we’d be doing this. It’s going to impact delays at all of our airports in the state,” said Governor Scott. "It’s absolutely the wrong thing to do."

Orlando International Airport was busy Monday, but officials say most delays were weather related or from in-coming flights.

The FAA flight tracking website says there are average arrival and departure delays of 15 minutes or less at Orlando International Airport.

This is the first weekday on which thousands of air traffic controllers are being forced to take an unpaid day off because of federal budget cuts.

“I understand technical difficulties and I understand bad weather, but I hope the furloughs don’t make an impact on us, I mean, it’s hard enough to get through security and all that,” said Wendy Taylor visiting from New Hampshire.

FAA officials say they must furlough 47,000 employees for their congressionally mandated spending cuts of $637 million.

There were more than 400 delays nationwide on Sunday because of furlough and staffing issues, but OIA officials say they’re hoping to keep passenger impacts to a minimum.

“If they step out of their normal day to day operation and there’s an area that we can step in and support and continue to as normal an operation as possible, we’re all for that,” said Tom Draper, the Director of Airport Operations.

Still, Governor Rick Scott, is asking the president to find other areas to cut that won’t affect personnel.

The FAA admits some flights at five U.S. airports, including New York's JFK and LaGuardia, have already had delays in the last 24 hours, because of staffing issues.   

Some flights into New York, Baltimore and Washington are seeing delays of more than two hours.

The Federal Aviation Administration has been keeping some planes on the ground because there weren't enough controllers to monitor the busy air corridors.

As always, travelers should check airline and airport websites before going to the airport.

The FAA says each of the 47,000 employees loses one day of work every other week.

The furlough days will last until the end of the financial year on Sept. 31. On any given day, 10 percent of the FAA employees will be out of work.

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Information from the Associated Press contributed to this report.