Birmingham Airport Sees More Flight’s Cancelled
The winter storms may be out of Alabama, but it is still playing havoc with other parts of the country with icy roads and power outages. In its aftermath in our state are continued flight delays and cancellations at Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International (BSI) Airport.
Today, nine flights from Washington D.C., Charlotte, Atlanta, Baltimore and Dallas have been cancelled with several more delayed. Eight departing flights to Atlanta, Charlotte, New York, Dallas and Washington D.C. have also been scrubbed, with several others delayed.
Airlines are asking ticketed passengers out of Birmingham and other Alabama airports today to contact their carrier for their flight's status.
The Birmingham flights are among more than 3,900 U.S. flights that have been cancelled for today, with more than 1,800 others delayed this morning, according to flight-tracking website FlightAware (as of 9:00am).
Among the airlines serving Birmingham, American has the most cancellations and delays nationwide. 652 flights, or 20% of the scheduled American U.S. departures have been cancelled this morning. Another 308 flights or 9% of the scheduled departures have been significantly delayed.
Delta has the fourth highest number of cancellations at 369, or 11% of their scheduled departures. 163 Delta flights or 5% of their scheduled departures have been delayed.
Southwest is 5th on the list with 314 cancellations (9%) and 174 delays (5%).
United Airlines, the only other scheduled carrier serving BSI has recorded 282 delays this morning, which is 10% of their scheduled Monday flights. 107 United flights (3%) are listed as delayed.
As bad as it is for those experiencing travel issues out of BSI, consider that the "Magic City" is 72nd on the list of major airports experiencing cancellations and delays today. Otherwise, BSI is fully operational with the majority of flights unaffected.
More than 15,700 U.S. flights were cancelled over the weekend. That number is the highest level of flight cancellations since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. The weather is impacting major airports and airlines nationwide, including severe effects at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, where more than 1,000 flights were cancelled on Sunday alone.
Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy said the Federal Aviation Administration still needs two more days to fully recover from the significant flight disruptions.
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