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What's happening
Air traffic control has departures halted in effect at Orlando (MCO) because of tm initiatives:mit:vol. Flights are running up to 1h late. It started around 2:21 PM ET.
Why
Air traffic control lists this as the cause for the major delays. The stated reason: "TM Initiatives:MIT:VOL; aircraft emergency; RWY:Disabled Aircraft".
Who's affected most
Orlando is a hub for Southwest, JetBlue, Spirit, Frontier, Breeze Airways, so delays here ripple into flights that never touch MCO, especially later in the day.
What to do
- Check your flight in your airline's app before leaving for the airport.
- If your flight is cancelled and you decline the rebooking, U.S. rules entitle you to a cash refund, not a voucher.
- Delayed 3+ hours on a flight to or from Europe or Canada? You may be owed cash compensation.
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Timeline
- 2:21 PM ET Delay: 16 minutes to 30 minutes (increasing) (TM Initiatives:MIT:VOL)
- 4:10 PM ET Departures halted: Until 5:15 pm EST (aircraft emergency)
- 4:10 PM ET Delay: 16 minutes to 30 minutes (increasing) (RWY:Disabled Aircraft)
- 4:20 PM ET Departures halted: Until 5:15 pm EST (aircraft emergency)
- 4:20 PM ET Delay: 16 minutes to 30 minutes (increasing) (RWY:Disabled Aircraft)
- 4:30 PM ET Departures halted: Until 5:15 pm EST (aircraft emergency)
- 4:30 PM ET Delay: 16 minutes to 30 minutes (increasing) (RWY:Disabled Aircraft)
- 4:40 PM ET Departures halted: Until 5:15 pm EST (aircraft emergency)
- 4:40 PM ET Delay: 31 minutes to 45 minutes (increasing) (RWY:Disabled Aircraft)
- 4:50 PM ET Departures halted: Until 5:15 pm EST (aircraft emergency)
- 4:50 PM ET Delay: 31 minutes to 45 minutes (increasing) (RWY:Disabled Aircraft)
- 5:30 PM ET Delay: 46 minutes to 1 hour (increasing) (RWY:Disabled Aircraft)
- 6:40 PM ET Delay: 16 minutes to 30 minutes (increasing) (RWY:Disabled Aircraft)
Flights from MCO likely affected
Busiest scheduled departures from Orlando. Open a flight for its delay history, live position and today's estimate.
- AA 461 to CLT, scheduled 6:15 AM
- AA 609 to CLT, scheduled 9:00 AM
- F9 2452 to CLT, scheduled 3:00 PM
- AA 938 to ORD, scheduled 6:30 AM
- F9 2791 to ORD, scheduled 8:59 PM
- UA 2475 to ORD, scheduled 12:34 PM
- UA 2481 to ORD, scheduled 2:25 PM
- UA 2683 to ORD, scheduled 9:40 AM
- AA 599 to DFW, scheduled 7:30 AM
- AA 2075 to DFW, scheduled 9:30 AM
- AA 2677 to DFW, scheduled 5:30 AM
- F9 1481 to DFW, scheduled 4:38 PM
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