Weather leads to delays, cancellations at Miami International Airport

MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – As a tropical system heads towards South Florida, climate has been blamed for quite a few flight delays and cancellations at Miami Worldwide Airport.

Quite a few folks had been noticed sleeping on the ground of the airport Friday morning as they had been ready to seek out out after they may very well be rebooked onto a flight.

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One girl informed Native 10 Information reporter Saira Anwer that she flew in Thursday night time from New Jersey and continues to be ready to be rebooked onto her connecting flight.

“Yesterday was speculated to be 1:50 from American Airways,” she mentioned. “They canceled it for five:40, then they modified it to five:15. We didn’t get on the aircraft till after 6. The aircraft took off at 8. We received right here at 10:30, and I’m nonetheless ready within the airport till now.”

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MIA officers confirmed that 245 flights had been delayed and 143 had been canceled Thursday.

As of 6 a.m. Friday, there have been 40 canceled departure flights and 13 delays, together with 12 canceled arrivals and 35 delays.

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