Milwaukee's Mitchell International Airport is open Friday, but travelers are faced with plenty of flight cancellations and delays.
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More than 2,700 flights were been canceled across the country according to the website FlightAware, however, Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport remains open.
At last check, nearly 60 flights coming in and out of Milwaukee were canceled, but some were still on thanks to the snow team.
With conditions like Friday's winter storm, the operations and maintenance teams keep things focused on one runway for all planes to take off and land.
The employees on the ground work a 12-hour shift to maintain it and ensure it is in good condition for every single flight.
The runway team conducts intermittent closures to give crews time to clean the roughly 2-mile runway which they can do in less than 20 minutes.
Communication between workers on the airfield, in the tower and the pilots is critical.
Airport officials say it takes a lot of coordination to minimize the impact on flights.
"It's a lot of training even you know before the snow ever falls during the autumn we're out there training doing dry run to make sure everybody knows what to do and we have it highly coordinated so we minimize the impact on flights," said Harold Mester, director public affairs and marketing at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport.
If you have travel plans be sure to check with your airline for updates.
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