Delays and some cancelations are piling on at DFW International Airport and Dallas Love Field for the third straight day, as winter weather continues into Tuesday over North Texas.
At 10 a.m. on Tuesday, DFW Airport saw delays on 14% of flights leaving and cancellations on 2%, according to FlightAware. Love Field saw delays on 7% of flights leaving and cancellations on 5%.
Two cold fronts that rolled through North Texas last week left the region feeling the cold weather through Tuesday and sub-freezing temperatures and icy roads caused schools to close, ERCOT to call for energy use conservation and garbage pickup to be delayed. The maximum temperature was 26 degrees at DFW Airport Monday, making it the lowest maximum temperature ever recorded for Jan. 15. The old record was 31 degrees set in 1917, historical data shows.
Southwest and American both issued travel alerts for D-FW passengers dealing with the flying uncertainty in the cold weather. Nationwide, Southwest delayed 10% of its flights and canceled another 10% Tuesday and American delayed 19% and canceled 4% as of 10 a.m, according to FlightAware.
In Dallas, the low Wednesday is expected to be 18 with a high of 42, according to the KXAS (NBC5) forecast. Thursday’s low is forecasted at 33 with a high of 53, and temperatures dip again Friday with a low of 26 and high of 37. Wednesday through Friday should be sunny, the forecast shows.