a lot of frustrated travelers up all
night sleeping in the airport waiting at
the ticket counter because weather
caused major issues with their flights
things are finally starting to look a
lot better at JX International Airport
this morning this is look at how crowded
it was though earlier travelers tell us
that they were trying to get to Orlando
or Tampa but that severe storms caused
their flights to be diverted news for
Jax reporter Jennifer Reddy has been at
the airport all morning talking with
travelers is it really better it
certainly seems to be getting a little
bit better here at JX we are seeing a
lot of travelers get through security
there tell us they're getting on
different planes a lot of them are also
taking buses to Orlando we did get an
opportunity to speak with airport
officials just a little while ago and
they tell us that the main reason a lot
of people were stuck on the tarmac last
night is because they did have so many
planes being diverted from Orlando here
to Jacksonville they simply didn't have
enough gates or enough staff to make it
all happen and to bring all these people
in to the airports they did have a lot
of planes that were parking it on the
tarmac a lot of travelers as you can
imagine very frustrated by that we spoke
with several travelers who say they
slept here when we were first here this
morning there were a lot of people on
these couches here sleeping here the
lines that the ticket counters were very
very long we spoke again with several
travelers who say they're either getting
on other planes or they are taking a bus
to Orlando including a basketball team
that we got the opportunity to talk to
um everybody's kind of like scared you
know like because the turbulence was
really bad because of the lightning and
wind and stuff so everybody was
questioning and I mean impatient they
got destinations and so
in this morning something to keep in
mind although things do seem to be
moving here at the airport some of the
departures and arrivals are showing some
delays this morning so if you are
planning to travel this morning you
might want to check with your airline
because there might be some residual
effects from yesterday's delays I spoke
to one woman this morning she says her
daughter's flight around five o'clock
this morning was canceled because that
plane was never able to make it here
last night because of these storms so
that's something to keep in mind before
you head to the airport today just check
with your airline to see if it's still
on time
Jennifer ready channel 4 the local
station thank you very much Jennifer so
news for Jackson Rebecca berry is among
those who's waking up this morning to
find out her flight has been affected by
all of these weather delays so you got a
notice I assume by texting your flight
home had been canceled that's right and
so our first flight was scheduled for
7:00 a.m. when Southwest that I woke up
Tuesday a cancellation notice and it
doesn't notice it said hey your flights
not really canceled our apologies that
another cancellation notice and so I
ended up purchasing flight back with
another area like JetBlue and it's
delayed so things are not getting better
any time soon down here at Fort
Lauderdale I guess because of the storms
the planes weren't able to actually make
it down here so they don't have any you
know taking a little bit longer to catch
up for the South Florida airports it
sounds like it's starting to get a
little bit better up there in
Jacksonville yeah I know it's
frustrating to deal with the airlines at
a time like this are they giving you any
idea when you may be able to hop a plane
and get get back home well right now my
JetBlue flight that was supposed to
leave at 9:00 a.m. is now scheduled for
10:00 a.m. but I've been watching the
flight tracker and I can't find the
flight on the way down so I'm a little
bit worried that that'll keep getting
pushed back because I'm trying to figure
out which point they're gonna put us on
and if it's actually on the way already
that's like that particular flight
excuse me sorry it's like a bus for you
no they use the plane to go down and
back and back and forth all day right
what is the weather like then down there
I mean we hear about you know obviously
delays because of snow it's not that
common though you know that there's
thunderstorms and that prompts these
delays it's really odd because it's
beautiful down here you guys have
actually had worse weather than we've
had so far it's been pretty nicely had
one thunderstorm that was pretty brief
last night it
it rained heavily but the skies are
clear and so when they told me that it
was canceled because of the weather
delay I kind of laughed at him because
you know these typical delays for it it
affects the entire country is usually
some no storm but it made your help but
that's just not what happened yeah I
think this is a you know a combination
of factors here I think that there were
a variety of problems specifically up
and down the Northeast Corridor and you
know it's like a snowball rolling
downhill Rebecca once you have a problem
with one flight then there are 20 others
that come into the fold
hope you get back and get back safely
I'm trying to get to work you guys we
get it we got your color bill late I've
already written you an official note to
the boss that's okay