The San Diego International Airport is experiencing many delays and cancellations Friday because of dense fog, officials said.
By 7 a.m. Friday, more than 60 flights were canceled or delayed, according to the airport's website.
“I went to the desk and they said you can’t leave, your flight has been cancelled,” said Linda, who didn't want her last name used.
Check San Diego International Airport's website for flight status updates.
The unofficial flight tracking website FlightAware showed 216 delays and 38 cancellations at San Diego's airport.
“We’re looking at about — flights that are delayed — about an hour and a half,” said Nicole Hall, San Diego International spokesperson.
A dense fog advisory was issued by the National Weather Service for San Diego County's coastal areas until 10 a.m. Friday.
“So we really encourage people, if you're coming to the airport (Friday night) or (Saturday) morning, anticipate there could be potential delays,” she said.
Nick Destrampe was in San Diego this week for his wedding. Being from Michigan, he didn’t expect fog to be the reason for his travel delays. But he seems to be in good spirits about it.
“(The airlines have) given us every update pretty timely,” he said. “I've not had any issues so far, which we're glad we had a better opportunity to see how long lines are going to be before we get here, to see if we had to get here any earlier than we usually do.”
He’s one of the lucky ones. In Terminal 1, Southwest Airlines was experiencing massive delays. On the display board, most of Southwest flights were delayed with a few cancellations. And the line to check in luggage was snaking outside the terminal nearly to Terminal 2.
In a statement, the airline said it was working to accommodate customers and apologized for the delays.
Hall said the airport was working with the airlines to get passengers to their gates on time.
“When the flights are departing, our operations teams will call those flights and allow those people to go in through the through the TSA, rather than having a lot of people crowded in the terminals,” she said.
As for Linda, her flight back to Michigan was rebooked for Sunday.
“No, no, no, no. That’s impossible,“ she said of that schedule. ”I might just start … hitch-hiking. I should be there before Sunday, right?”
