Travelers at Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) are facing a hectic morning as several flights have been delayed or canceled.<\/p>\n
The airport is bustling with activity, reflecting the busy travel period.<\/p>\n
Two flights were canceled on Monday morning: one to Minneapolis and another to Buffalo. Additional delays are also affecting travelers.<\/p>\n
Maggie Jones, who arrived from Philadelphia on Monday morning, was supposed to fly to Florida on Christmas evening. She experienced significant disruptions with delays and cancellations.<\/p>\n
“I’m still waiting for family to come pick me up.\u00a0Because we got delayed, I had to switch from going to Tampa to come into Fort Myers,” said Jones.<\/p>\n
She described the travel period as challenging.<\/p>\n
“It’s been a rough travel period. Let’s just say that,” she said.<\/p>\n
Ava Velasquez, another traveler, shared her concerns about her flight to Buffalo.<\/p>\n
“It was originally at 7 a.m., but it got delayed to 7:30. The snow is bad in Buffalo, so we’re gonna see what happens with that. Hopefully it doesn’t get pushed back anymore or canceled,” said Velasquez.<\/p>\n
She also mentioned the severe weather conditions in Buffalo.<\/p>\n
“There’s a high wind apparently, that started at 4 a.m. in Buffalo, and then the snow is supposed to start later tonight. Hopefully it doesn’t come early or anything,” she said.<\/p>\n
Patricia Sears discovered her flight to Rochester was delayed until New Year’s Eve. She expressed that this delay simply means she gets two extra days in the sunshine.<\/p>\n
“I’ve enjoyed myself. It’s been wonderful,” said Sears. “My significant other has appointments and things that he has to do, so he’s a little more stressed, but I’m pretty chill.”<\/p>\n
Sears explained that there’s not much that can be done since the delay is weather-related.<\/p>\n
“If you live in Rochester, you kind of expect things like this, and what a better place to be for it to happen,” said Sears.<\/p>\n
RSW officials expect a busy week of travel as people return home and head to their destinations for New Year’s celebrations.<\/p>\n
Travelers are advised to arrive at the airport early to avoid missing their flights.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travelers at Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) are facing a hectic morning as several flights have been delayed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[209,211,210],"class_list":{"0":"post-98653","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cape-coral","8":"tag-cape-coral","9":"tag-cape-coral-headlines","10":"tag-cape-coral-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98653","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=98653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/98653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=98653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=98653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=98653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}