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As Hurricane Irma pushes toward a Sunday morning landfall on Florida, airports are ceasing operations and airlines are clearing out aircraft from closed airports to avoid damage. Let’s take an airport-by-airport look at current operations:
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Airports Closed
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) – CLOSED
- Date/time closed: Saturday, September 9 at 7:44am
- Date/time expected to reopen: Tuesday, September 12 at 12:00pm
Key West (EYW) – CLOSED
- Date/time closed: Saturday, September 9 at 10:00am
- Date/time expected to reopen: Wednesday, September 13 at 7:00am
Naples Municipal Airport (APF) – CLOSED
- Date/time closed: Friday, September 8 at 6:00pm
- Date/time expected to reopen: Tuesday, September 12 at 6:00pm
St Petersburg/Clearwater (PIE) – CLOSED
- Date/time closed: Friday, September 8 at 11:00am
- Date/time expected to reopen: Monday, September 11 at 7:00pm
Orlando (MCO) – CLOSED
- Date/time closed: Saturday, September 9 at 5:58pm
- Date/time expected to reopen: Monday, September 11 at 2:00pm
- Final flight: Frontier #8901, departed Saturday, September 9 at 5:12pm
Miami International Airport (MIA) – CLOSED TEMPORARILY FOR TORNADO
- Date/time closed: Saturday, September 9 at 7:39pm
- Date/time expected to reopen: Saturday, September 9 at 10:00pm
- Status: No flights scheduled for Saturday or Sunday
- Airlines ceasing operations: American Airlines, United Airlines, Delta, others possible
- Parking situation: Parking garages only available for first responders
- Rental cars: Rental Car Center ceased operations Friday at 5pm
Orlando Sanford (SFB) – CLOSED
- Date/time closed: Saturday, September 9 at 7:30pm
- Date/time expected to reopen: Tuesday, September 12 at 6:30am
- Flight status: the airport’s main airline (Allegiant) has cancelled all flights for Saturday-Monday
Tampa (TPA) – CLOSED
- Date/time closed: Saturday, September 9 at 8pm
- Date/time expected to reopen: Monday, September 11 at 6:00pm
Airports Where Operations Have Ceased
West Palm Beach (PBI) – OPERATIONS CEASED
- Status: Operations have ceased, but no airport closure has been scheduled
- Airlines ceasing operations: JetBlue, American Airlines, United, Delta, others possible
Fort Myers (RSW) – OPERATIONS CEASED
- Date/time expected to close: Delta is reporting that the airport will “close after the last departure around 3pm” Saturday
- Airlines ceasing operations: American Airlines, United, Southwest, Air Berlin, Frontier, Air Canada others possible
Daytona Beach (DAB) – OPERATIONS CEASED
Airports With Announced Closures
Jacksonville (JAX)
- Date/time expected to close: Saturday, September 9 at 7pm
- Parking situation: as of Friday morning at 10:48 am, the airport reported “Hourly and Daily parking garages are nearing capacity. Parking is still available in the Surface and Economy lots.”
Sarasota–Bradenton (SRQ)
- Date/time expected to close: Saturday, September 9 at 8:00pm
- Date/time expected to reopen: Monday, September 11 at 8:00am
Gainesville (GNV)
- Date/time expected to close: “Airline Terminal will be closed Sunday and Monday”
Tallahassee (TLH)
- Date/time expected to close: Sunday, September 10 at 5:40pm
- Date/time expected to reopen: Tuesday, September 12
Source: thepointsguy.com