Flights at several airports on the U.S. Gulf Coast were canceled or suspended over the weekend, many remained canceled on Monday when Hurricane Ida hit land in Louisiana, but weakened into a tropical storm en route to Mississippi, yet with devastating winds and severe flooding That left more than 100,000 people without electricity.
New Orleans International was hardest hit, according to FlightRadar24 ADS-B data, as all flights from Saturday August 28 through Monday August 30 were canceled. The airport conducted damage assessments on Monday and said it expected all flights to be canceled that day. To date, 118 flights have been canceled at New Orleans Airport. The airport added that passengers should check directly with their airlines for more information.
Flights to at least 38 destinations have been canceled, including Dallas / Fort Worth, Dallas Love Field, Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson, Orlando Int’l, Fort Lauderdale Int’l, Chicago O’Hare, Los Angeles Int’l, Denver Int’l, Las Vegas McCarran, Philadelphia International, Washington National, Washington Dulles, Houston International, Charlotte International, Boston, Tulsa International, Miami International, Seattle Tacoma International, New York JFK, New York Newark, New York La Guardia, Houston Hobby, Austin Bergstrom Int ‘ l, Richmond Int’l, VA, Salt Lake City, Phoenix Sky Harbor, Cincinnati Int’l, Charleston, SC, Baltimore Thurgood Marshall, Fayetteville / Springdale, Louisville Int’l, Norfolk International, VA, St. Louis Lambert International, Chicago Midway, Orlando International, Tampa International, Cleveland Hopkins and Nashville International, Flightradar24 showed ADS-B data.
Airlines that were forced to cancel their flights included Spirit Airlines, American Airlines, Delta Air Lines, and Delta Connection, Southwest Airlines; JetBlue Airways, United Airlines, and United Express; Breeze Airways, Alaska Airlines, and Allegiant Air.
Most flights in Baton Rouge, Gulfport, Jackson Evers Int’l, MS, Lake Charles Regional, Mobile Regional, Lafayette, LA, Pensacola Gulf Coast Regional, Alexandria, LA were also canceled on Sunday and many remained on the ground on Monday. Other targets affected by these airports were, according to Flightradar24 ADS B data, Montgomery Dannelly Reg., Muscle Shoals, Milwaukee General Mitchell and Kansas City International.
American, Delta, and United had issued travel advisories for nine to 14 airports in Alabama, Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas, including Shreveport Regional and Monroe Regional, which remained relatively untouched, and Destin-Fort Walton Beach, Gulfport, and Hattiesburg / Laurel . United, JetBlue and Spirit offered change fees and different tariff exemptions for rebooking flights in travel warnings.
Forecasters warned that heavy rains are possible through Tuesday in southeast Louisiana, the Mississippi coast, and southwest Alabama. Floods are also expected in parts of the Tennessee and Ohio valleys and the mid-Atlantic by Wednesday, according to the National Hurricane Center. Ida hit on the 16th anniversary of Katrina, a category 3 hurricane that devastated the Gulf Coast.
Meanwhile, Tropical Storm Nora continues to lash Mexico’s Pacific coast with torrential rains and high winds a day after causing floods and landslides that killed at least one person when a hotel in the city of Puerto Vallarta partially collapsed. Aljazeera reported that Nora was downgraded to a tropical storm by a category 1 hurricane on the Saffir-Simpson scale on Sunday afternoon.
Flights to San José Cabo operated by JetBlue, Alaska Airlines and Spirit Airlines were affected, leading to airline travel warnings that rebooking fees would be waived. Alaska Airlines also announced flexible rebooking rules for canceled flights to Manzanillo International, Puerto Vallarta, Mazatlán, Loreto and Ixtapa / Zihuatanejo.
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