AUSTIN, Texas — Austin’s airport has seen flight delays and cancellations from nearly every airline as winter weather settles into Central Texas on Monday evening.
It’s a type of freezing cold visitors were not expecting.
“No, not at all,” said Avery Olsen, traveling back home to Florida after a girls’ weekend.
Austinite Tjas Dudhade said he almost didn’t make it home before the snow.
“We are glad we didn’t miss our flight because I called Spirit and they said probably tomorrow the flights are going to be canceled,” said Dudhade.
Austin-Bergstrom International Airport spokesperson Kimmie Hey said not everyone was so lucky on Monday. They’ve seen delays and cancelations from almost every airline.
“We just recommend that our passengers check in directly with their airline via the app or email to make sure before heading over to the airport that their flight is still ready for takeoff,” said Hey.
Hey said since a winter storm in 2021, the airport has gotten some new deicing technology that will help them clear the runway pretty quickly, depending on how much snow and sleet we get.
“We have not snowplows, but machinery that can go onto our trucks to make sure we can plow away snow if necessary,” Hey said.
Critical department staff are on location for the next 48 hours to ensure the airport is open and running.
The airport is on alert until Wednesday at 6 p.m.