{"id":887,"date":"2016-10-06T20:14:32","date_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:14:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/?p=887"},"modified":"2016-10-06T20:14:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T20:14:32","slug":"orlando-international-airport-to-shut-down-operations-at-8-p-m-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/06\/orlando-international-airport-to-shut-down-operations-at-8-p-m-thursday\/","title":{"rendered":"Orlando International Airport to Shut Down Operations at 8 p.m. Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Boeing_737-2B7_Adv._US_Air_N279AU_MCO_Orlando_FL_Orlando_International_Airport_USA_PP1164719158.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-327\" src=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/Boeing_737-2B7_Adv._US_Air_N279AU_MCO_Orlando_FL_Orlando_International_Airport_USA_PP1164719158-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Boeing_737-2B7_Adv._US_Air_N279AU,_MCO_Orlando,_FL_(Orlando_International_Airport),_USA_PP1164719158\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/a>Thursday morning, <a href=\"https:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\">Orlando International Airport<\/a> officials announced that the airport will be closed to commercial operations starting at 8 p.m. because of Hurricane Matthew. The announcement was made on the airport\u2019s official twitter page.<br \/>\nAn airport spokesman confirmed that OIA will close at 8 a.m. and hopes to reopen on Saturday but only after damage assessment is done. However, Mathhew has been unpredictable until now and it is not known for sure when it will resume flight operations.<!--more--><br \/>\nThe airport is currently making preparations for the hurricane: jet bridges have been tied down; cranes in construction areas and equipment are secured.<br \/>\nOfficials remind that the airport is not a hurricane shelter and people should not go there until normal flight operations resume. Those seeking shelter can check the official list of hurricane shelters in the area.<br \/>\nThere have already been several delays for outcoming and incoming flights so far. Almost 200 flights have been canceled today and the airport recommends that its customers should check directly with their airlines.<br \/>\nOther major airports in Florida are also closing and hundreds of delayed or canceled flights in others. However, there are airports that are not closed like those in Tampa and Jacksonville.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday morning, Orlando International Airport officials announced that the airport will be closed to commercial operations starting at 8 p.m. because of Hurricane Matthew. The announcement was made on the airport\u2019s official twitter page. An airport spokesman confirmed that OIA will close at 8 a.m. and hopes to reopen on Saturday but only after damage &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/2016\/10\/06\/orlando-international-airport-to-shut-down-operations-at-8-p-m-thursday\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Orlando International Airport to Shut Down Operations at 8 p.m. Thursday&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=887"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/887\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=887"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=887"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/orlando.interplex.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=887"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}