{"id":302939,"date":"2026-06-10T19:25:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302939\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T19:25:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T19:25:09","slug":"orlando-airport-experience-delays-due-to-thunderstorms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/302939\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando Airport Experience Delays Due to Thunderstorms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Update 3 p.m.:<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">ORLANDO, Fla.<\/p>\n<p> \u2014 Flight delays at Orlando International Airport (MCO) are currently low, with most arrivals and departures experiencing delays of 15 minutes or less. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) also shares that there are only minor gate holds and taxi delays for departures, along with very few airborne delays for incoming flights.<\/p>\n<p>Severe thunderstorms halt departures at Orlando International Airport<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The Orlando International Airport (MCO) has temporarily halted departures due to severe thunderstorms, impacting flights across multiple zones, according to the FAA. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">The ground stop, initiated at 2:07 p.m., affects several key airports and may extend depending on weather conditions. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\">Travelers should brace for potential delays as the situation unfolds. Stay with Channel 9 for <a href=\"https:\/\/nasstatus.faa.gov\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/nasstatus.faa.gov\/\">updates as they come in<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/mobile-apps\">Click here<\/a> to download our free news, weather and smart TV apps. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" title=\"https:\/\/www.wftv.com\/video\/\">click here<\/a> to stream Channel 9 Eyewitness News live.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wftvapps.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781119509_549_APP DOWNLOAD LOCAL_1541693885678.jpg_13622062_ver1.0.jpg\" width=\"100%\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>TOP STORIES FROM WFTV CHANNEL 9<\/p>\n<p class=\"default__StyledText-sc-tl066j-0 eJzHXc body-paragraph body-copyright\">\u00a92026 Cox Media Group<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Update 3 p.m.: ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014 Flight delays at Orlando International Airport (MCO) are currently low, with most&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":263501,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[147,145,127108,7810,20193,28,68108,139,141,3847,140,82250,144,146],"class_list":["post-302939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-central-florida","tag-channel-9","tag-departures","tag-faa","tag-flight-delays","tag-florida","tag-ground-stop","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-international-airport","tag-orlando-news","tag-severe-thunderstorms","tag-wftv","tag-wftv-channel-9"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=302939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/302939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/263501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=302939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=302939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=302939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}