Canceled flights cause long lines at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport

MILWAUKEE — A half dozen canceled flights at Milwaukee’s Mitchell Worldwide Airport Monday morning created lengthy strains and annoyed vacationers.

As of 9 a.m., six departing flights and one arriving flight had been canceled. Most of the morning flights that have been canceled have been on Southwest Airways. Locations like Nashville, Denver, Baltimore, and Orlando had individuals scrambling to seek out different flights.

Bruce Spittle is taking his household to Orlando and Disney World, and they’re now left ready for a later flight.

“We knew the dangerous climate, we knew the Christmas rush. We thought possibly it might be cleaned up by now, however that’s not the case,” mentioned Spittle.

We caught up with UW-Madison scholar Annette Wright. She has been making an attempt to get dwelling to Washington, D.C. for Christmas since Friday. She’s had 5 flights canceled within the final 4 days and has been spending time in a close-by airport. Regardless of the frustrations, she’s preserving a constructive angle.

“It’s undoubtedly irritating however I’m not going to get too mad about it. Everyone seems to be making an attempt to do what they will,” Wright says.

The canceled flights at Mitchell are a part of practically 1,800 flights canceled within the U.S. on Monday, in line with flight monitoring web site FlightAware.

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