Travelers at JAX airport experiencing delays, cancellations as holidays come to a close

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More flights are being canceled implicit the vacation weekend. According to Flight Aware, 19 flights person been canceled astatine Jacksonville International Airport, and 22 are being delayed.

Flying location from Jacksonville International Airport hasn’t been an casual feat for galore this New Year’s Day.

According to Flight Aware, a website that tracks real-time worldwide formation traffic, 19 flights person been canceled truthful acold astatine Jacksonville International Airport arsenic of Saturday night, and 22 person been delayed -- each arsenic radical are trying to marque it location aft the holidays.

News4Jax learned that 11 flights person already been canceled astatine Jacksonville International Airport for Sunday, arsenic well. That fig is expected to spell up.

Staffing shortages due to the fact that of COVID-19 person plagued airlines, but Saturdays’ disruptions weren’t conscionable owed to the virus.

According to a Southwest Airlines spokesperson, wintry upwind successful Chicago caused the airlines to suspend operations astatine some Chicago airports.

John Detoni was expected to alert into Chicago connected his mode location to San Francisco, but his Southwest formation was canceled.

“It was going to spell from present to Chicago to San Francisco,” Detoni said.

He ne'er received an email oregon text. Instead, helium recovered retired astatine the counter, aft he’d arrived. He said helium had question issues flying from San Francisco to Jacksonville, arsenic well.

“We got delayed successful Boston for 10 hours,” helium said.

The Widger family’s formation was besides delayed for hours arsenic they were attempting to alert into Jacksonville from Los Angeles.

“We were expected to permission astir 11:30, but 11:30 turned to 12:30 to 1:30 ...” Tony Widger said, adding that helium is present stuck successful Jacksonville until Sunday morning.

Southwest canceled much than 450 flights nationwide.

American Airlines and Delta Air Lines canceled much than 200 flights each, and United Airlines canceled much than 150.

SkyWest, a determination bearer that operates flights nether the names American Eagle, Delta Connection and United Express, grounded 480 flights.

According to Flight Aware, determination were much than 2,600 full cancellations nationwide.