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Last flights to, from Orlando before Hurricane Milton shuts down airports
MILTON’S PATH. IT’S REALLY SMACK DAB IN THE MIDDLE. YOU KNOW, WE’RE ABOUT 2.5 HOURS FROM TAMPA. MERRIMACK’S MARY LEE TURCOTTE AND HER HUSBAND HAVE BEEN SNOWBIRDS. THE LAST 18 YEARS. THEY CALL THEIR BONITA SPRINGS TRAILER THEIR LITTLE PARADISE. BUT THAT PARADISE IS SEVEN MILES FROM THE COAST. AND IN THE MIDDLE OF MILTON’S PATH. WELL, IT’S VERY SCARY BECAUSE YOU DON’T WANT TO LOSE ANYTHING. YOU DON’T WANT PEOPLE TO GET HURT. THEY’VE DECIDED TO FLY TO SOUTH CAROLINA AND WAIT OUT THE STORM BEFORE HEADING DOWN TO FLORIDA. OTHERS HOPPING ON BOARD ONE OF THE LAST FLIGHTS INTO ORLANDO. WE DIDN’T WANT TO MISS IT. CHRISTIE LYNCH SAYS SHE AND HER FAMILY HAVE HAD THEIR VACATION BOOKED FOR OVER A YEAR. SHE IS ONE OF 65 PEOPLE FLYING IN FOR AN ANNIVERSARY PARTY IN ORLANDO THIS WEEKEND. SHE SAID SHE’S NOT WORRIED ABOUT WHAT MILTON WILL BRING. WE’VE BEEN THERE FOR HURRICANE MATTHEW AND IT WAS IT WAS FINE. IT WAS. IT WAS TOTALLY FINE. ANOTHER FLIGHT TODAY, COMING FROM ORLANDO. YEAH, WE ACTUALLY WERE SUPPOSED TO COME IN TOMORROW, BUT WE DECIDED TO FLY IN TODAY BECAUSE AIRPORTS ARE ACTUALLY CLOSED IN ORLANDO TOMORROW. SO WE HAD TO COME UP A LITTLE EARLY. THOSE ON BOARD SAY THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT THE HOME THEY’RE LEAVING BEHIND. ABSOLUTELY. WE’RE DEFINITELY NERVOUS ABOUT IT FOR SURE. I MEAN, I’VE LIVED IN FLORIDA PRETTY MUCH MY WHOLE LIFE, SO WE’RE USED TO HURRICANES, BUT THIS ONE’S LIKE A VERY SCARY ONE. NOW, YOU CAN SEE ON THE BOARD HERE, THERE ARE NO MORE FLIGHTS COMING OR GOING TO FLORIDA FROM NEW HAMPSHIRE, TAMPA AND ORLANDO INTERNATIONAL SAY THEY WILL REMAIN CLOSED UNTIL IT IS SAFE
Last flights to, from Orlando before Hurricane Milton shuts down airports
Updated: 5:36 PM EDT Oct 8, 2024
Two people on a flight from Orlando said they were visiting New Hampshire for the first time. They said their trips were booked well before the storm, and the timing was a coincidence.
Two people on a flight from Orlando said they were visiting New Hampshire for the first time. They said their trips were booked well before the storm, and the timing was a coincidence.
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