Travelers are facing tons of delays at the airport. It comes as a record number of people were expected to catch a flight during thanksgiving this year. NBC 7’s Dave Summers reports.
Thanksgiving travelers were experiencing delays at the San Diego International Airport due to weather across the country and other factors.
On the night before Thanksgiving, nearly 250 flights were delayed at the San Diego International Airport as if 9 p.m., according to the airport's website. The delays were affecting flights entering and leaving the airport.
Travelers on Thanksgiving Day were also experiencing issues with nearly 100 flights delayed by 10 a.m., although there were far fewer travelers across the country than Wednesday, according to the FAA.
Due to weather, travelers are being asked to check their flight status before heading to the airport, according to SAN.
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Check flight arrivals here and departures here.
This Thanksgiving was expected to be a record-breaking holiday for air and road travel.
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority estimated that SAN would get about 460,000 people traveling through the airport between Tuesday and Sunday.
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The airport authority estimates those numbers to be about 4% to 6% higher than last year's numbers at the same time. The absolute busiest times would be Tuesday and Wednesday before the holiday and the Sunday following.
Almost 80 million people are expected to travel by air and road this Thanksgiving, according to AAA. The Tuesday and Wednesday before Thanksgiving were expected to be the busiest times on the road.
As for across the country, the Transportation Security Administration is predicting 18.3 million travelers by air between from the Tuesday before Thanksgiving to the Monday after.
