Thanksgiving flights: Busy getaway day now in full swing
Thanksgiving flights: Busy getaway day now in full swing
Last update: 4:15 p.m. ET. Next update: By 10 p.m. ET.
The busy getaway travel day is now underway as the last big wave of Thanksgiving air travelers fly home Wednesday ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
A few trouble spots loomed for travelers, but – overall – the flying forecast was good for most of the USA.
Nationwide, only 84 flights had been canceled and about 560 delayed as of 4:15 p.m. ET, according to flight-tracking service FlightAware. Both numbers are incredibly small, though they are likely to tick up during the day.
How much so depends on how the day plays out in the few areas where poor weather is possible.
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In the West, a storm moving in off the Pacific was expected to bring heavy rain to large parts of California. With the forecast, San Francisco was most at risk for delays there. The Federal Aviation Administration reported delays of about 2 hours for arrivals there. Overall, about 40 combined arrivals and cancellations had been reported there as of 4:15 p.m. ET. Delays were a bigger problem, with about 20 percent of the day's overall schedule there behind schedule, according to FlightAware's count.
To the east, the busy airports around New York City and Philadelphia could see sporadic delays develop by afternoon because of strong winds forecast in that region. The FAA had reported sporadic delays, and close to 20 percent of arrivals to Newark were late.
At American Airlines, the world's biggest carrier, a "connectivity issue'' briefly affected check-in at airport kiosks, but the carrier said it was resolved before schedules were affected.
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Wednesday marks the second consecutive day of mostly tranquil travel weather in the lead-up to Thanksgiving. On Tuesday, about 185 flights were canceled nationwide and there were about 650 delays – both small counts when compared to a nationwide schedule that pushes 30,000 on peak days.
The biggest problems on Tuesday came in Seattle, where more than 75 combined arrivals and departures were canceled amid foggy conditions. About a quarter of Tuesday’s flights were delayed in Boston on Tuesday amid blustery, cloudy weather there.
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