Gusts cause cancellation of additional flights at airport

September 6, 2008 - 11:38 AM

Matt Tessnear

Sun Journal

Additional flights out of Coastal Carolina Regional Airport have been canceled because of continuous wind gusts in the New Bern area.

U.S. Airways canceled 11:03 a.m. and 12:43 p.m. flights to Charlotte, and Delta canceled a 2:45 flight to Atlanta, said Tom Braaten, the airport director.

"Our next scheduled flight is a 2:35 to Charlotte with U.S. Air," Braaten said. "We're hopeful the wind is going to let us do that."

Officials decided to close the airport terminal after 5 p.m. Friday, and several flights were canceled Friday night and this morning.

Tropical storm Hanna made landfall near the North Carolina and South Carolina border about 3:20 this morning, with 70-mph maximum winds. The airport had a 51-mph gust about 6:30, said Jim Merrell, a forecaster with the National Weather Service in Newport.

The center of the storm traveled north through the Goldsboro area and along Interstate 95. At 11:30, the storm had 50-mph maximum winds, and the center was near Emporia in southeastern Virginia.

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