Some travelers start Labor Day weekend with a headache at Sky Harbor

Published: Sep 01, 2023 Duration: 00:02:35 Category: News & Politics

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HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE LAS VEGAS VALLEY THAT WILL RUN INTO TOMORROW NIGHT. A LOOK FLIGHT AWARE'S MISERY MAP AS WE LEARN THOSE STORMS IN NEVADA ARE LEADING TO FLIGHT DELAYS TONIGHT HERE IN PHOENIX. THE MAP SHOWING SKY HARBOR HAS THE 3RD MOST DELAYS OF AIRPORTS IN THE U.S. AND IT COMES AS THE BUSY LABOR DAY WEEKEND GETS UNDERWAY. ABC FIFTEENS ASHLEY WRIGHT LIVE A NATIONALLY. YOU CAUGHT UP WITH SOME TRAVELERS WHO HAD TO WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER TO LEAVE FOR THEIR DESTINATIONS. >> ON WHAT'S CONSIDERED TO BE ONE OF THE BUSIEST TRAVEL DAYS OF THE YEAR. WE'VE SEEN MORE THAN 100 CANCELLATIONS AND DELAYS HERE AT SKY HARBOR TODAY. SOME OF THOSE BECAUSE OF THE WEATHER. >> A SLOW START TO SOME TRAVELERS LABORED A WEEKEND PLANS. I GOT TO LEAVE AND I WAS CALM PUSH THAT PUSH BACKS. I DIDN'T LEAVE. AND THEN >> I GOT TO THE COUNTER AND THEY'RE LIKE YOU JUST GOT DELAYED. ANOTHER 2, CHARLES SEE JACKSON IS FROM THE CITY OF MARICOPA HEADING TO LAS VEGAS, WHICH HAS BEEN SEEING SEVERE WEATHER. >> IT'S A LOCATION WITH THE MOST IMPACTED FLIGHT OUT OF SKY HARBOR FRIDAY AS THE FAA ISSUED A GROUND DELAY AT ONE POINT AT HARRY REID AIRPORT, MY FRIEND SAID AS SOON AS SHE LANDED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAPPENED IN VEGAS. >> AND THE RAIN THERE NOW TODAY AND TOMORROW. SO >> GOING TO FIND THINGS TO DO AND SAY WE SAW OUR OWN ROUND OF STORMS THURSDAY NIGHT ACROSS THE VALLEY. THE FAA EVEN ISSUING A GROUND STOP AT SKY HARBOR DURING THAT TIME FOR AN HOUR AND A HALF. THAT WAS A BIG MOVER LAST NIGHT. THAT WAS PRETTY BAD. >> HAVE YOU SEEN THAT A WHILE? HAVEN'T SEEN THOSE WINDS LIKE THAT IN YEARS, ACTUALLY LIKE A TRAIN WAS COMING TO MY HOUSE. TONY FELIX LIVES IN LEVINE AND IS ALSO HEADING TO LAS VEGAS ONE WAY OR DRIVE. >> REALLY? I'M REALLY GOING TO CANNON. LAMBERT WAS WORKING IN PHOENIX ALL WEEKEND IS TRYING TO MAKE IT BACK HOME TO LAS VEGAS. GOT NOTIFICATION FROM SOUTHWEST AND THE FLIGHT WAS CANCELED AND I USE THE APP TO TRY TO REBOOK. SEE WHAT OTHER TIMES ARE AVAILABLE. IT LOOKED LIKE THERE WAS. >> A DIFFERENT TIME AVAILABLE. SO I TRIED TO BOOK THAT TIME. BUT THOSE FLOOD FLIGHTS INTO PHILLIP INSTANTLY, EVEN TRAVELERS HEADING ELSEWHERE. WE'RE FACED WITH PROBLEMS, NOT ALL OF THEM WEATHER-RELATED. THIS FAMILY TELLING US THEIR AIRLINE WOULDN'T LET THEM BOARD. EVEN THOUGH IT WAS 15 MINUTES UNTIL TAKEOFF. THEY JUST BLOWS IT RIGHT IN FRONT OF THEY THEY >> THAT THAT WAS THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART A WAY FOR US. AND WE WERE RIGHT THERE. >> A WEEKEND OF HOLIDAY TRAVEL NOW OFF AND RUNNING

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