For the first time in more than a third of a century, Jacksonville International Airport recorded measurable snow on Wednesday.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) closed Tuesday at 8 p.m. due to the incoming winter storm, the airport announced in a post on X Tuesday afternoon. The airport said it will close following its last departure, which will be "at approximately 8 p.m." Tuesday.
Jacksonville International Airport will close Tuesday night as severe winter weather moves in, an airport spokesperson said.
Jacksonville International Airport is on track to reopen at noon today after last night's winter storm of snow and ice. The airport closed because it "does not have the ability to remove accumulated snow and ice on the runways.
The Tallahassee International Airport has resumed normal operations. The winter storm forced the airport to shut down Tuesday afternoon, and incoming and outgoing flights weren't expected to resume until Thursday at 1 p.m. But travelers are now welcome three hours ahead of schedule.
Jacksonville International Airport (JIA) is back open after being closed from 8 p.m. Tuesday night until noon Wednesday because of winter storm conditions.
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Storm Warning is in effect for the entire Interstate 10 corridor where snow and ice accumulations could reach 4" over the next 24 hours. Pensacola will likely see the most snowfall in the state while greater amounts of ice are anticipated for cities such as Tallahassee and Jacksonville.
Folks in northern Florida awoke to a winter wonderland Wednesday morning, after a rare frigid storm charged through Texas and the northern Gulf Coast on Tuesday.
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The heaviest snowfall in the Sunshine State occurred around Pensacola, where spotters reported measuring amounts of 5 to 12 inches through Tuesday evening. Due to the hazardous weather and a series of crashes, a nearly 70-mile stretch of Interstate 10 was shut down by the Florida Highway Patrol.
As the forecasts of a snowy Capital city move back and forth, the Tallahassee International Airport has canceled all commercial flights.