Palm Springs airport still seeing flight cancelations, delays Sunday
Flights continue to be affected by the Federal Aviation Administration’s ground stop at Palm Springs International Airport, which began on Saturday morning, January 3, and ended in the afternoon.
As of Sunday morning, PSP flight tracking It showed that about half of the 16 scheduled flights were delayed or canceled.
“Departures and arrivals will gradually begin to resume, although delays are expected to continue as operations normalize,” the airport said in a statement on its website. The statement was included. “Passengers should continue to monitor flight status directly from their airline.”
Many bags were left waiting at Palm Springs International Airport on Saturday, January 3, after the ground was suspended for all departures.
The ground shutdown lasted several hours on Saturday, during which time almost no flights were able to enter or exit the airport. The outage occurred on the second day of a busy New Year’s travel weekend and holiday. Palm Springs International Film Festival.
An airport said in a statement posted on social media that the outage occurred due to an air traffic control issue affecting Southern California airspace.
The statement stated that the problem is not specific to Palm Springs. But there was little news of air travel problems elsewhere in the state.
Some flights to Palm Springs had to be diverted to other airports, while other flights scheduled to depart on Saturday were also cancelled.
The airport encouraged passengers to check with their airline for the latest information on flight status.
Sam Morgen covers the city of Palm Springs for The Desert Sun. Reach him at smorgen@gannett.com.
This article first appeared in the Palm Springs Desert Sun: Flights canceled at Palm Springs airport in Sunday update
