ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Travelers at Orlando International Airport (MCO) were affected by the FAA\u2019s emergency order to reduce air traffic by 10 percent.<\/p>\n
What You Need To Know<\/p>\n
Travelers at Orlando International Aiport say they experienced delays while flying out Sunday
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Last week, the FAA listed 40 major airports required to reduce flights by 10 percent this Friday
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MCO staff say despite the flight reductions, they have not seen any signficant changes at their security checkpoints, customs and immigration processing<\/p>\n
Dozens of flights were canceled and hundreds were delayed Sunday, including Jenny Payne\u2019s Southwest flight to Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kind of got worried. I knew we were flying so I kind of thought we might run into some difficulties,\u201d said Payne.<\/p>\n
Last week, the FAA listed 40 major airports that will cut down on air traffic \u2014 Orlando, Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Tampa are on the list. Initially, flights were reduced by four percent.<\/p>\n
On Tuesday, the reduction increases to 6 percent. 8 percent of flights will be reduced by Thursday before reaching 10 percent on Friday.<\/p>\n
When asked if she has any advice for travelers, Payne says \u201callow for delays because you might need them.\u201d<\/p>\n
Amy Rupert is heading home to Mississippi, but flies into New Orleans. She told Spectrum News she will keep an eye on the status of her Southwest flight so her ten-minute delay doesn\u2019t increase.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust kind of hearing talk in the airport, I\u2019ve heard people that have gotten to this point and then they find out that it\u2019s canceled,\u201d said Rupert.<\/p>\n
Despite the circumstances, Rupert says she appreciates airport staff who come in to work so people can travel to their next destination.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe truth is I know there\u2019s a lot of struggle with that and we\u2019re just really praying that they will have help through this time and this shutdown will end very soon,\u201d said Rupert.<\/p>\n
MCO staff released the following statement related to the emergency mandate on social media Sunday:<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re grateful to all our federal employees who continue working diligently throughout the government shutdown to ensure our operations run smoothly. While airlines are reducing flight schedules in response to the FAA\u2019s Emergency Order, our security checkpoints, customs, and immigration processing times have not experienced any significant delays.<\/p>\n
We encourage all travelers to check their flight status before heading to the airport, and to follow the 3-2-1 rule for a smooth travel experience:<\/p>\n
3 – Arrive at the ticket counter 3 hours before departure<\/p>\n
2 – Be at the security checkpoint 2 hours before departure<\/p>\n
1 – Be at your gate 1 hour before boarding time\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"ORLANDO, Fla. \u2014\u00a0Travelers at Orlando International Airport (MCO) were affected by the FAA\u2019s emergency order to reduce air…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40104,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[11687,1015,28,115,1335,139,141,140],"class_list":{"0":"post-40103","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-orlando","8":"tag-air-travel","9":"tag-emma-delamo","10":"tag-florida","11":"tag-news","12":"tag-orange-county","13":"tag-orlando","14":"tag-orlando-headlines","15":"tag-orlando-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40103","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=40103"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40103\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40104"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40103"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40103"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40103"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}