Hurricane Sandy forces cancellations at ABIA

AUSTIN (KXAN) - A number of flights to the East Coast from Austin-Bergstrom International Airport were canceled Monday because of Hurricane Sandy, officials said.

The cancellations were among some 5,000 that have been shelved because of dangerous conditions all along the Eastern Seaboard.

ABIA spokesman Jason Zielinski said just after noon on Monday that 10 departures and 13 arrivals were canceled between 9 a.m. and noon. The airport's system only provides 12-hour updates, so information about any flights scheduled beyond a 12-hour window is not available. He recommended that passengers check with their airlines to find out if a specific flight they are booked on has been canceled.

ABIA expects more cancellations into Wednesday and possibly beyond, Zielinski said.

Nationwide statistics on flight cancellations as of midday Monday were at 7,447 flights canceled in North America and 1,814 already canceled for Tuesday.

A partial list of the canceled flights out of ABIA:

• US Airways Flight 1778 to Philadelphia at 7:45 a.m.
• Delta Flight 1972 to New York-JFK and Washington-DCA at 8:44 a.m.
• American Flight 1806 to New York-JFK at 9:55 a.m.
• United Flight 1276 to New York-Newark at 10:54 a.m.
• United Flight 1609 to Washington-IAD at 11:48 a.m.   
• Southwest Flight 4114 to Washington-DCA at 12:25 p.m.
• Southwest Flight 2857 to Baltimore at 12:50 p.m.
• JetBlue at 1064 to  New York-JFK at 1:05 p.m.
• United Flight 329 to New York-Newark at 2:35 p.m.
• Southwest Flight 2792 to Baltimore at 4 p.m. 
• United Flight  5591 to  Washington-IAD at 4:55 p.m.
• JetBlue Flight  1264 to  Boston at  6:35 p.m.