ATLANTA — Hurricane Helene made landfall in the Big Bend area of Florida just before midnight Thursday after rapid intensification over the Gulf of Mexico. It's now headed northward into Georgia and Atlanta into the early morning hours of Friday.
Below, we'll be tracking delays and cancellations as they're updated at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport due to impacts from Helene.
Data is via Flight Aware.
Atlanta Airport delays & cancellations ahead of Helene
As of 5 a.m. on Friday, September 27.
- Total cancellations so far for flights from Atlanta: 55
- Destinations with most cancellations from Atlanta: Charlotte (4), Tampa (4), Newark (4), Houston (3), Detroit (2), Minneapolis/St. Paul (2), Vancouver (2), Dallas-Fort Worth (2), New York JFK (2), Seattle (2), Fort Lauderdale (2), New York LaGuardia (2), Chicago O'Hare (2), Montreal (2), Denver (2), Calgary (2), Denver (2)
- Additional delays for flights from Atlanta: 32
- Total cancellations for flights to Atlanta: 66
- Destinations with most cancelled flights to Atlanta: Tampa (6), Jacksonville (5), Tallahassee (3), Newark (3), Charlotte (2), Toronto (2), Philadelphia (2), New York LaGuardia (2), Augusta (2), Panama City (2), Fort Myers (2), Greenville/Spartanburg (2), Vancouver (2)
- Additional delays for flights to Atlanta: 35
By airline:
- Delta cancellations/delays: 23/45
- Frontier cancellations/delays: 23/1
- Spirit cancellations/delays: 23/1
- Endeavor Air cancellations/delays: 8/4
- WestJet cancellations/delays: 9/.0
- United cancellations/delays: 7/0
- Southwest cancellations/delays: 6/10
- Air Canada cancellations/delays: 4/0
- PSA Airlines cancellations/delays: 4/0
- No other airlines with more than a few
More on Helene
Helene underwent rapid intensification leading up to landfall late Thursday around 11:30 p.m. near Apalachicola. Helene.
In anticipation of the storm's impacts, Georgia's governor issued a State of Emergency to free up resources.
11Alive has issued a Weather Impact Alert for Wednesday night for pre-Helene tropical downpours, then for Thursday and Friday in north Georgia due to impacts from Helene.
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