Hurricane Milton

Post Hurricane Milton, airports reopening & flights resuming. Cautiously.

(Map courtesy Weather.com)

Florida residents are just starting to deal with the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. As they do, airports that had closed for the storm’s duration are reopening.

Airlines are resuming some flights, but anyone flying to or from the region should check with their airline for updates. In many cases travel alerts and change fee waivers have been extended for travel originally scheduled through October 12.

Here are some of the airport updates as of late Thursday evening.

After assessing the damage to its facilities, Tampa International Airport (TPA) announced plans to reopen at 8 A.M on Friday morning.

Orlando International Airport suspended operations Wednesday and will resume some flight operations on Friday as well.

St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) closed Tuesday afternoon after the last flight departed and remains closed “until further notice,” according to a Facebook post on Thursday.

Miami International Airport (MIA) and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) are open, but there are still many flight delays.

Airports and airlines brace for Hurricane Milton

First, it was Hurricane Helene. Now Hurricane Milton is heading toward Central Florida and is expected to arrive with vengeance midweek.

Airlines are already canceling flights, posting travel advisories and offering fee waivers for flight changes.

Airports are issuing operational updates and reminding travelers that they are not public shelters.

Here are the policies and status announcements we spotted on Sunday evening.

If you are traveling this week, be sure to check (and recheck) for flight changes.

The St. Pete-Clearwater International Airport (PIE) issued a statement saying that it was waiting for evacuation orders from Pinellas County officials before deciding when to close the airport, but that all flights in or out of PIE on Allegiant were already canceled on Wed (Oct 9) and Thurs (Oct 10).

Airline travel alerts ahead of Hurricane Milton

Here are the links to travel alerts and change fee policies for airlines ahead of Hurricane Milton’s arrival. They’re likely be updated as the storm arrives.

Alaska Airlines

Allegiant  Air

American Airlines. The alert covers travel to, from or through at least a dozen Florida airports.

Delta Air Lines. 8 airports are part of the travel alert.

Frontier Airlines. 7 airports are part of the airline’s travel advisory.

JetBlue Airways. 4 airports are covered by the travel alert.

Southwest Airlines‘ travel alert is for four Florida airports.

and 5 airports are included in the travel alert issued by United Airlines.