{"id":116325,"date":"2024-08-05T16:30:49","date_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/05\/thousands-of-flights-affected-as-debby-makes-landfall-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2024-08-05T16:30:49","modified_gmt":"2024-08-05T16:30:49","slug":"thousands-of-flights-affected-as-debby-makes-landfall-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/05\/thousands-of-flights-affected-as-debby-makes-landfall-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of flights affected as Debby makes landfall – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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Flight cancellations are mounting Monday after Hurricane Debby made landfall on Florida’s Gulf Coast \u2014 disruptions that come in the wake of a messy weekend for air travel amid severe storms up and down the East Coast.<\/p>\n

According to data from flight-tracking site FlightAware, by 12:30 p.m. EDT Monday, airlines had canceled more than 1,500 flights in the U.S.<\/a><\/p>\n

The disruptions are most heavily concentrated in Florida and the Southeast, areas where Debby’s high winds and heavy rains were forecast to be strongest.<\/p>\n

The Federal Aviation Administration expects cancellations and delays will continue to pile up over the course of the day, the agency said Monday morning.<\/p>\n

As of late morning Monday, Orlando International Airport (MCO) had seen more than a fifth of its departing flights scrapped. Cancellation rates are approaching 30% at Tampa International Airport (TPA) and sit at around 10% at Miami International Airport (MIA), FlightAware shows.<\/p>\n

Debby made landfall in Florida on Monday morning as a Category 1 hurricane, with the National Hurricane Center warning about potentially catastrophic flooding.<\/p>\n

The storm “continues to cause major flight disruptions for passengers traveling to and from Florida,” Tampa airport officials warned in a statement late Monday morning, noting the airport is operational, but expected to halt operations at times due to heavy rain, high winds and lightning.<\/p>\n

On social media Monday, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg warned of potential air travel (and ground travel) disruptions as the storm bears down on the Southeast.<\/p>\n

Travelers have already faced cascading delays and cancellations elsewhere along the East Coast in recent days, after a stormy weekend fueled thousands of flight cancellations. Since Friday, more than 6,000 departures have been canceled, per FlightAware.<\/p>\n

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“We’ve been extremely fortunate with weather this year. Until now,” said Marty St. George, president of New York-based JetBlue, in a social media post.<\/p>\n

Passengers faced major headaches over the weekend at a slew of East Coast airports, including major airports in the New York City area. TPG managing editor Clint Henderson, who was among the travelers caught in the weekend’s disruptions, faced a lengthy ground delay following a transatlantic flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), finally arriving to a remote stand before having to deplane onto a bus to get to customs.<\/p>\n

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