This Thursday, Southwest Airlines passengers endured flight delays after a problem during the bag-checking process.”We try to get here at least a couple of hours early. We did get an alert from Southwest to come here for about three hours because of some issue with the carousel, so we did,” Christian Aguas shared with KCRA as he waited to board his flight to Ventura. “Found that parking was full, we did have time though to drop off my wife and kids to check-in and then I parked in the economy lot.”But aside from issues that airlines may be encountering on any given day, there are other frustrations that travelers are dealing with.Construction on Interstate 5 has been impacting traffic and causing delays.Another problem is parking. The Sacramento International Airport has about 30,000 spaces which are filling quickly. Scott Johnston with the airport says they’ve been seeing record-breaking travel numbers every month for about a year now.”June will be the busiest month that we’ve ever had. We expect to see 1.2 million people come through the airport. We’re starting to see even on a daily occurrence up to 24,000 people coming through the airport,” Johnston said, adding that the days when travelers could arrive 45 minutes to an hour before their flights are long gone. Passengers now need to get to the airport a few hours in advance to deal with the commute, parking and any other issues that may arise.The Sacramento International Airport has live updates for parking space availability and shuttle services.The airport will also add eight new shuttles and drivers by mid-July to help ease the flow from the parking lots to the airport.SMF will also break ground for a new parking garage. There is no set date for when that will happen and the project will take two years.
This Thursday, Southwest Airlines passengers endured flight delays after a problem during the bag-checking process.
“We try to get here at least a couple of hours early. We did get an alert from Southwest to come here for about three hours because of some issue with the carousel, so we did,” Christian Aguas shared with KCRA as he waited to board his flight to Ventura. “Found that parking was full, we did have time though to drop off my wife and kids to check-in and then I parked in the economy lot.”
But aside from issues that airlines may be encountering on any given day, there are other frustrations that travelers are dealing with.
Construction on Interstate 5 has been impacting traffic and causing delays.
Another problem is parking. The Sacramento International Airport has about 30,000 spaces which are filling quickly. Scott Johnston with the airport says they’ve been seeing record-breaking travel numbers every month for about a year now.
“June will be the busiest month that we’ve ever had. We expect to see 1.2 million people come through the airport. We’re starting to see even on a daily occurrence up to 24,000 people coming through the airport,” Johnston said, adding that the days when travelers could arrive 45 minutes to an hour before their flights are long gone.
Passengers now need to get to the airport a few hours in advance to deal with the commute, parking and any other issues that may arise.
The Sacramento International Airport has live updates for parking space availability and shuttle services.
The airport will also add eight new shuttles and drivers by mid-July to help ease the flow from the parking lots to the airport.
SMF will also break ground for a new parking garage. There is no set date for when that will happen and the project will take two years.
