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Port in the Storm: Jackson-Evers International Airport


What: nine diversions and an emergency landing
Where: Jackson-Evers International Airport
When: Thursday Dec 18

It sounds bad, but really it means that Jackson-Evers International Airport is a real port in the storm. All these diversions and no disasters. Good Job, Jackson-Evers

  • Continental flight en route to New York’s LaGuardia airport flew in with engine trouble.
  • Six were out of the Little Rock, Arkansas airport where there was a problem with runway lights.
  • Several flights were diverted to Jackson from Tulsa, Oklahoma due to weather.
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