Severe weather causes hundreds of delays, cancellations at Philadelphia International Airport

As of 9 p.m. Saturday, there were 284 delays and more than three dozen flights were canceled.
Sunday, July 30, 2023
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Severe weather in the Delaware Valley led to several cancellations and hundreds of delays at the Philadelphia International Airport on Saturday.
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"Just bad weather," Todd Weeks from North Carolina said.

Weeks expected to be in Philadelphia by 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, but instead, he was delayed two and a half hours to his final destination.

"Just go with the flow - there's a lot, I mean we could still be on the plane, so I'm thankful we've been here," said Weeks.

Delays started rolling in due to thunderstorms on Saturday afternoon.

As of 9 p.m., there were 284 delays and more than three dozen flights were canceled.
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Among those cancellations was a flight to West Palm Beach in Florida.



"There's a crowd of people that have been waiting since like 7 a.m., trying to get to West Palm Beach," said Ange Stout of Chestnut Hill, Philadelphia.

Stout saw the group in passing as she only experienced a short delay with her flight from Chicago, Illinois.

"We left on time and we arrived on time, but there was a delayed flight at our gate, we had to sit on the tarmac," said Stout. "I'm not complaining, I'm still smiling, when I see my luggage I'll be even happier."

The spokesperson for the airport reminded people to check individual airlines for the status of flights and updates.
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