Holiday traffic is hitting Orlando International Airport, which endured dozens of cancellations Friday and Saturday and hundreds more delayed flights, much of it because of heavy snow in the northeast.
The airport on Friday was among the most affected in the United States, with 43 cancellations and 312 delays for outgoing flights and 26 cancellations and 346 delays for incoming flights, according to data from travel website FlightAware.
The cancellations represented 5% of total outgoing flights and 3% of incoming flights. Outgoing delays affected 43% of outgoing flights and 46% of incoming flights.
That was out 2,189 cancellations and 9,200 delays nationwide. The most affected airports for outgoing cancellations were JFK International in New York with 160 flights canceled, Newark Liberty International Airport with 107 and New York’s Laguardia with 90. The city saw 4 inches of snow Friday.
Orlando’s headaches from those backups, though, were spilling over into Saturday as well.
By 2 p.m., the airport had 20 cancellations and 260 delays for outgoing flights, with 35 cancellations and 225 delays for incoming flights.
Arrival delays for incoming aircraft are more than 49 minutes while departure delays are more than 44 minutes.
Fort Lauderdale International Airport was also seeing problems in Florida with 29 cancellations and 166 delays on Saturday afternoon for outgoing flights and 40 cancellations and 150 delays for incoming flights.
Miami and Tampa also had delays and cancellations building up, especially for incoming flights, while New York and Newark along with Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson and Boston’s Logan airports were among the most affected nationally for outgoing flights.