Cancellations hovered just above 600 on Friday after mass cancellations on Thursday.
More than 600 flights departing or heading for Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW/KDFW) and Dallas Love Field (DAL/KDAL) have been canceled as of 5 p.m. Friday evening. An additional 800+ are delayed, mostly on American Airlines and its regional carrier Envoy Air.The delays are the result of the winter storm that swept through North Texas Thursday, leaving snow and icy roads in its wake. More than 1,800 flights through D-FW’s airports were canceled on Thursday, while others were delayed or diverted.
Many of Thursday’s stranded flyers were rebooked onto flights Friday or Saturday, as airlines scramble to rework flight schedules to accommodate them. It was a quiet, but chaotic scene at DFW and Love Field on Thursday.
More than 400 of the flights canceled Friday are carried by American Airlines and its regional carrier Envoy Air; over 1,000 of Thursday’s were as well. The Fort Worth-based airline issued a travel notice earlier in the week that goes through Sunday, allowing travelers to weigh their options, be it rescheduling or canceling their trips.
A nationwide ground delay was in place until after 2 p.m. for American Airlines flights bound for DFW, according to a Federal Aviation Administration advisory.
In a statement Thursday evening, a representative for the airline explained that, contrary to online rumors, the airline and DFW had plenty of deicing materials. However, the solution American, and other airlines, uses to deice its planes is greatly reduced in effectiveness during freezing rain and sleet conditions, as were present Thursday. This left flights unable to depart from DFW.
However, crews at both DFW and Love Field worked overnight to continue treating runways and other airport property with deicer, according to representatives. A notice from the Federal Aviation Administration indicates that DFW is still deicing.
Though the worst of the winter storm has largely moved on from North Texas, it is now traveling over the eastern part of the U.S., promising to continue impacting travel.
A nationwide ground delay was in place until after 2 p.m. for American Airlines flights bound for DFW, according to a Federal Aviation Administration advisory.
In a statement Thursday evening, a representative for the airline explained that, contrary to online rumors, the airline and DFW had plenty of deicing materials. However, the solution American, and other airlines, uses to deice its planes is greatly reduced in effectiveness during freezing rain and sleet conditions, as were present Thursday. This left flights unable to depart from DFW.
However, crews at both DFW and Love Field worked overnight to continue treating runways and other airport property with deicer, according to representatives. A notice from the Federal Aviation Administration indicates that DFW is still deicing.
Though the worst of the winter storm has largely moved on from North Texas, it is now traveling over the eastern part of the U.S., promising to continue impacting travel.
For example, Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, the busiest airport in the country, is currently under a ground stop effecting the whole country, meaning flights bounds for Atlanta have been held.
Now I know why our daily American flight from Dallas was cancelled yesterday.
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