Breaking: Orlando International Airport operations are now SUSPENDED
Flights arriving and departing are affected as the Orlando International Airport operations are currently suspended!
Orlando Airport
It is no secret that Orlando International Airport (also known as MCO) has only gotten busier over the past few years. This year it was named one of the 10 busiest airports in the United States.
And it makes total sense! With Disney World, Universal, Legoland, Sea World, and so many other theme parks and attractions, millions of people fly in and out of the airport every year.
With growing demand came an airport expansion. Terminal C recently opened at MCO boasting international gates as well as shopping and dining opportunities. It is definitely a bustling airport, but if you are visiting this week don't be alarmed by what you may see!
Operations Suspended
Jet fuel shortages, live fire training exercises, and now...fog. There has been a lot of news about the Orlando International Airport lately.
The entire Orlando area is currently experiencing a significant amount of fog today, February 24. According to Joe's recent weather post, record-breaking temperatures are expected this weekend. However, we weren't quite expecting this!
KtP Writer Susan is currently in the air, and the American Airlines pilot has the plane in a holding pattern "for who knows how long." She and fellow passengers are waiting for clearance to land at the Orlando International Airport.
The Orlando International Airport has not put out a notice yet on their website or social media accounts. We are hopeful the fog will clear soon so flights arriving and departing may continue on as usual.
Fog is currently in the Orlando area, and flights arriving and departing are not able to operate as usual.
Are you in the Orlando area right now trying to arrive or leave? Share your experience with us in the comments below, and share this post with a friend who may be affected as well.
How many times have you seen or met jesus, or any of your friends? Or anyone else in that matter? Wow what an argument you have.
American Airlines has nothing to do with the airport closure. This is an ignorant statement against an airline. Air Traffic Control tells them when they can land...
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I'd tell your daughter to bring it to light of Media. Might be others too who've similar issues with American Airlines THE WORST Airlines to flying N. America.
Ohhhhh yes it does when smog mixes in with the fog. It makes it worse.
Art, if you ride at night it’s dark so you won’t see fog
Can I get an Amen!?
Which of the 87 "it"s is racist?
We're fortunate to have the FAA and others watching over our safety regulations. And much more fortunate to have God watching over the regulators and all the individuals upon whom rely as we travel around this globe!
What does it really matter if a flight is delayed for an hour but then arrives safely at it's destination or at another nearby airport?
Karen "it" says..smh.. racist much?!
Get over yourself Becky
People will trust a pilot they have never seen or met, drvers buzzing past them at 70 mph.... but not Jesus? Trust Jesus, he is the only truth, the way and the light.
Florida isn't that wide of a state. It is surrounded by the ocean on three sides. The fog comes off the ocean. Doesn't have anything to do with air quality
It's mongoloids with human trafficking issues...
Normally I'd say that doesn't sound rite , I have received new ticket or reimbursement but not for TSA issue, I hope they done sumthing , follow there and let me know !
Whales is how you spell it...not wales!
Ditto
*Whales
My step-daughter had a flight with American Airlines on Saturday Feb. 25, to return to Colorado from Orlando that morning. Flight was leaving at 5:45 am but TSA had its security gates closed within MCO for several hours early in the morning. She lost her flight because of that, and the airline won't reimburse or give credit for a situation originating from something TSA did or did not do! Had to buy a whole new ticket.
I flew into Orlando Wednesday morning, February 22 from Nashville and was supposed to land at 8:20am. The fog was so thick that we couldn’t land. The pilot circled repeatedly and finally was directed to divert the flight to Ft. Lauderdale to refuel. We did so, then took off again for Orlando. Finally landed a little after 11am, so almost 3 hours later than scheduled. Ugh. I’d been up since 2:30am. Long day, but at least we were safe.
Karen, SeaWorld does nothing good to the wales. Karen, did you know Orcas are massive animals that swim vast distances in the wild—40 miles a day on average—not just because they can, but because they need to, to forage for their varied diets and to exercise. They dive 100 to 500 feet, several times a day, every day. And SeaWorld tanks have one 50 feet high? Also, Orcas and wales in general have been dying and drift ashore since the beginning of the Earth? Now you do know.
Just flew in from NYC on Friday Feb 24th at 1pm. As were trying to land, there was indeed fog with limited visibility. The plane was also shaking. It circled a few times then landed safely.
I've been riding my motorcycle at night and haven't seen any fog. I call misinformation!
SeaWorld always comes to the rescue to save Florida Manatee and injured dolphins or whales. They also are the ones with the appropriate equipment to handle beached whales, instead of leaving them on the beach to rot. They recently transported a beached whale to the University of Florida for decomposition studies. SeaWorld does a lot of good!
As a Florida native and used to load baggage on aircraft I also agree !!! I’ve been in situations where I didn’t see the wrong directly above me and they still didn’t suspend ! Only lightning within 20 miles of airport will it shut down or hail…… cuz airports love getting struck.
Hey, the 1950s calling, they want their pea soup fog back! Since the clean air act London hasnt seen this sort of fog and we don’t get that much rain either. Although grey days are still a thing!
I have never heard of them suspending before . We have fog EVERY yr at this time and thick! Its not like this is a 1st. Another climate bs thing to hang a hat on.. BTW? I'm a Florida native, sooo ,yeah..nothing new.
What do they do in England? It is Fog country. When it's so thick people can't see, they call it the pea soup.
We’ll all are prisons for marine mammals like orcas and dolphins….. so it doesn’t matter. No one should go to either sea world or Seaworld for that matter.
Who cares. Quit trying to be so exact!
It's SeaWorld, not Sea World. SeaWorld is in Florida, Texas, and California. Sea World is in Australia.
I sure hope we land Soon I got to Pee
I'm surprised. I live in FL not far from Orlando but I am more on the coast. The fog is always heavy this season in the mornings. Seems usual to me. We also have an airport here in Melbourne and I've never heard of this but maybe they do this often by me at our airport because like I said the fog is always crazy in the mornings during this season.
Yes, it cannot drop to zero unless is anemergency. There's a minimum visibility required by the FAA
ILS approach is still based on minimal visibility requirements.
It CANNOT drop to zero.
Yes but you never put your full trust into yhe system just like you should never full trust a backup camera on a car
Only if you have visibility greater than a half mile and ceilings higher than 200 feet (decision altitude). Those are ILS cat 1 minimums, anything less and the crew cannot land. Some runways appear to have cat 2 ILS systems which would allow lower minimums but not all operators have it and not sure if the equipment is maintained. Also funneling all the traffic to only one or two runways will cause delays
the FAA as outlines for operators under Part 121, (airlines) takeoff minimums
for aircraft with two engines must have at least 1 mile visibility, aircraft with 3 or more engines 1/2 mile. those conditions were not prevalent earlier this morning which contributed to the sensation. ILS refers to instrument landing system. MCO is equipped to handle up to Catagory III however, not all aircraft and or flight crews are able to carry out this type of approach
Every morning its been foggy lately? Just start canceling morning flights, let people sleep in!
Whats the weather? Whats the weather? Is it foggy? Yes!
10 SM now. this was earlier this morning
Tired of Driving in the fog! Maybe I will go watch it from the airport instead!
Drive, Drive, Drive through fog!
Why Fly when you can drive through the fog!
Yes however they have minimum visibility requirements too. If its below that and the airline is not authorized for lower minimums then they can't attempt it.
Isn't this what ILS is supposed to be for? Takeoffs and landing in inclement weather???
I’m sure this was for earlier this morning. Not now at 3;30 pm
There are take off minimums for a reason when flying imc
Departing has lower weather minimums than landing
I just left MCO on-time at 0930. It was pretty foggy, but we got out without any problems. Arrive at our destination 15 minutes early.