Small plane slides off runway at Midway; extensive delays at O'Hare due to snow
CHICAGO (WLS) -- The holiday travel rush was impacted Sunday after the winter storm. On Sunday, a small plane slid off a runway at a Chicago airport.
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A ground stop was in effect for about one hour on Sunday at Midway at about 7:39 p.m. due to a "disabled aircraft" on a runway, the FAA said.
The Chicago Department of Aviation said a private plane affiliated with Signature Aviation became disabled on the airfield shortly after landing.
An alternate runway was opened to accommodate air traffic, the CDA said.
No injuries were reported.
The CDA said no further operational impacts are anticipated for Sunday night. However, passengers "are encouraged to check with their airlines for the most up-to-date flight information."
A ground stop was issued at O'Hare on Sunday at 8:56 p.m. until 10 p.m. due to snow or ice, the FAA said.
Over 350 flights into and out of O'Hare had been canceled by 10 p.m., while over 1,200 had been delayed, according to the tracking site FlightAware.
The Federal Aviation Administration said at one point on Sunday that departures to O'Hare were delayed on average by nearly an hour due to snow or ice, and that departures from the airport were delayed an average of 15 minutes.
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"I'm heading back to school in Appleton. I go to UW Oshkosh and I've been delayed, delayed, delayed. So I'm actually just gonna drive there at this point because my flight just won't take off," Emma Steele said.
AAA reports that 90% of Thanksgiving travelers were expected to travel by car, with even more people adding to that number as this weekend's snow storm shuttered hundreds of flights nationwide.
It's also been a mess on the roads with bumper to bumper traffic across the area as AAA says the worst time to drive was between 11 a.m. and 8 p.m. Sunday.
"Red lights everywhere people not knowing where they're going it's crazy," Chicago driver Jennifer Barlind said.
On Saturday, 8.4 inches (21.34 centimeters) of snow fell at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport, setting a record for the highest single calendar day snowfall in November at the airport, according to the National Weather Service. That broke the previous record of 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) on Nov. 6, 1951.
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AP News contributed to this report.
