TAMPA, Fla. — Travelers at Tampa International Airport are continuing to see delays and cancellations — an issue that began Friday.
In the last 24 hours, more than 200 delays and cancellations have plagued the boards of the Tampa-based airport.
As of 10 p.m. Sunday, there have been 156 delays and 75 cancellations, according to Flight Aware, a flight tracking platform. There are already 25 flights canceled for Monday.
The airport has not released any additional information regarding the ongoing issue, but travelers can see real-time updates of flight statuses on TPA's website. Sunday, the airport replied to a passenger in a tweet explaining that weather beyond the Tampa Bay area had an impact on airline schedules and Saturday's rainy weather conditions "worsened the situation."
Throughout most of Saturday afternoon, all flights inbound and outbound from TPA were being held, Flight Aware reported. Departures from Tampa International were also seeing a 31 to 45 minute (and increasing) delay due to "an air traffic management program."
It's a continued issue, TPA said in a tweet Saturday. They're advising travelers to check with their airlines for the most up-to-date flight information. The airport saw delays and cancellations Friday before due to weather-related issues.
Tampa International Airport was experiencing 201 delays by 11 p.m. Saturday, according to FlightAware. There were 195 cancellations. Southwest Airlines saw the largest amount of delays and cancelations with 94 flights canceled and 56 flights delayed.
Southwest Airlines experienced a nationwide system outage Saturday morning and while it's been resolved, TPA said they were still experiencing delays and cancellations at TPA from weather-related impacts to air traffic. Southwest released the following statement Saturday morning:
"Some of our earliest departing flights were delayed this morning, and a handful of them canceled, after we experienced intermittent performance issues following routine overnight maintenance of some of our backend technology. We offer heartfelt apologies to our Customers for any inconvenience, and gratitude to our employees who are working diligently to make it up to them. We’ll continue to update Customers whose journey with us today might be delayed as result of the now-resolved issues."