TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) – A lot of america is experiencing brutally chilly temperatures and harmful wind chill. The winter storm is inflicting journey nightmares and affecting some passengers at Tampa Worldwide Airport.
As of Monday at four:00 p.m., the airport recorded 160 delays and 44 cancellations.
“We’re juggling the place to go and the place to remain and we’re hanging by a thread proper now,” stated Doug Wilson of Kansas Metropolis, Missouri.
Wilson went on a cruise and has been attempting to return dwelling to Kansas Metropolis.
“Yesterday we have been flying from San Juan to Tampa connecting with a flight to Kansas Metropolis earlier than leaving San Juan,” Wilson continued. “We knew the connecting flight had been canceled and nothing was obtainable immediately.”
“We discovered an American Airways flight going to Charlotte this afternoon and arriving in Kansas Metropolis tonight,” he added. “We really feel like we’re good to get to Charlotte, however the aircraft we’ll have to get from Charlotte to Kansas Metropolis leaves Chicago.”
That is the place many flights cease. Raquel Vore and her sister have been attempting to catch a flight again to Texas since Sunday afternoon.
“Proper now we simply have to attend, there’s nothing we will do,” Vore stated.
Since it’s climate associated, many airways inform passengers that they don’t supply vouchers or help and allow them to wait.
“There have been loads of delays, now even attempting to get it on the tram that goes from one terminal to a different has been troublesome as a result of there are such a lot of individuals,” stated Dell Brown, of Washington, DC.
It is not simply the climate that causes cancellations. A TPA spokesperson stated no less than 10 flights have been canceled because of necessary inspections of the Boeing Max 9 by the FAA.