The holiday travel rush is officially underway at Orlando International Airport, and for many, it was off to a frustrating start after the weather caused hundreds of delays. According to Flight Aware, nearly 500 flights were running behind on Sunday evening, including a handful of cancellations.”I saw the weather and I went, oh no,” said Bernard Huynh, a passenger traveling to the West Coast. “We’re probably going to miss our connecting flight, so we’re either going to be stuck here or we’re going to be stuck in Denver because we’re going all the way back to California.”Every airline at MCO saw delays that were impacted by showers and lightning.”It’s kind of annoying because we’re already here so early for the flight, so getting delayed we’re having to stay here even longer,” said Elizabeth Nicholson, a passenger traveling to Baltimore.The Fourth of July travelers will hit a new record at MCO with a total of about 1.43 million people projected to come through the terminals between June 29 and July 7. Sunday welcomed about 174,053 passengers, which turned out to be the second busiest day that the airport is preparing to see over the next nine days.MCO says it will get even busier just two days after Independence Day, with more than 175,000 people planning to travel on July 6.
The holiday travel rush is officially underway at Orlando International Airport, and for many, it was off to a frustrating start after the weather caused hundreds of delays.
According to Flight Aware, nearly 500 flights were running behind on Sunday evening, including a handful of cancellations.
“I saw the weather and I went, oh no,” said Bernard Huynh, a passenger traveling to the West Coast. “We’re probably going to miss our connecting flight, so we’re either going to be stuck here or we’re going to be stuck in Denver because we’re going all the way back to California.”
Every airline at MCO saw delays that were impacted by showers and lightning.
“It’s kind of annoying because we’re already here so early for the flight, so getting delayed we’re having to stay here even longer,” said Elizabeth Nicholson, a passenger traveling to Baltimore.
The Fourth of July travelers will hit a new record at MCO with a total of about 1.43 million people projected to come through the terminals between June 29 and July 7.
Sunday welcomed about 174,053 passengers, which turned out to be the second busiest day that the airport is preparing to see over the next nine days.
MCO says it will get even busier just two days after Independence Day, with more than 175,000 people planning to travel on July 6.
