TAMPA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT, Fla., (WFLA) – The bizarre winter climate all through the South is inflicting flight delays and cancellations in Tampa.
At TPA, the quantity of crimson on the boards goes up because the variety of cancellations and delays will increase.
“We have had a day, it is prefer it has been three days, and it is solely been like a day,” mentioned Patricia Farmer.
Patricia Farmer stayed on the airport all evening and has been awake for greater than 24 hours.
Her delayed flight did not arrive on the airport till 11 Tuesday evening.
“I had a automotive reservation, however they shut at 10, and so, we’re right here till 7 within the morning after we can get the automotive and drive to Palmetto,” Farmer mentioned.
Because the storm stretches from Texas to Virginia, vacationers are being slowed down.
“We had been delayed in Key West for a couple of hours due to the fog, after which we missed our connecting flight in Tampa, so now we’ve to buy a complete different one-way ticket to go from Tampa to Denver, so it is irritating,” Rachel Smith mentioned.
“We had been purported to be right here in Tampa by 4 o’clock, at the very least, and the flight obtained canceled twice. They rebooked me, thank goodness, and so, we ended up having an 8-hour layover in Denver,” Farmer mentioned.
On Monday and Tuesday, practically 40% of all flights had been canceled or delayed at TPA.
As of Wednesday morning, 27 flights have been canceled at TPA and 77 are delayed.
Throughout the nation, there have been over 4,000 delays on Tuesday based on FlightAware, together with over 1,000 delays on the nation’s busiest airport in Atlanta.
The excellent news for vacationers is that many airports had been closed and can be again on-line Wednesday, together with Houston and Jacksonville.
“I do not know what to anticipate, going again, hopefully it is easy as a result of the climate can be higher,” Farmer mentioned.
As an alternative of closures, Tampa is simply cancellations and delays. For extra on delays and cancellations, click on here.
