The massive snowstorm barreling down on the northeast has impacted flights at Orlando International Airport.
Hundreds have been affected at MCO Thursday and Friday, and it’s not just flights to the northeast.
ORLANDO, Fla. — "I'm the only one nervous in the family, (because) I have to go to work tomorrow," passenger Michael Borkoski said. "It's (supposed) to be my first day, so hopefully I can make it."
The airport’s director of customer service said that travelers flying Thursday night or Friday might not have to come to the airport.
"They should, before they leave their hotel, get rid of their rental car (and) contact their airline, just to make sure (their) flight is operating,” Brian Engle said.
A spokesperson for Delta told Eyewitness News that Friday is a "reset day" and that Thursday's issues scattered its plane all over the country and in the wrong place.
The freeze in Central Florida overnight caused some icy conditions at the airport.
Southwest Airlines was one of the few airlines with de-icing equipment to thaw out the frozen planes.
OIA does not own de-icing equipment. The airport is not required to have the equipment and have very little reason to have it and have chosen to delegate the task to the airlines.
As of Friday morning, OIA officials said that 160 flights had been canceled and 90 delayed due to the winter storm.
The ice issue here is typically with planes that sit overnight at a gate waiting for a morning departure. They collect frost (or more than frost) which can disrupt the airflow over the wings. Not what you want at 30,000 feet! #WFTV
— Field Sutton (@EFieldSutton) January 4, 2018
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