Miami International Airport Inching Toward Full Flight Schedule After Hurricane Irma

MIAMI, FL — Miami International Airport, which resumed limited operations Tuesday, says more and more flights are leaving every day in the wake of Hurricane Irma — and full flight operations by all airlines is expected this weekend.

The airport tweeted out a travel advisory saying both passenger and cargo flights are getting closer to their full daily schedules. Flights were operating at 66 percent of normal schedules Thursday, up from 50 percent Wednesday. There were 629 flights scheduled for Thursday.

Airline passengers are asked to confirm their flight status with their carriers before heading to the airport.(For more information on Miami International Airport and other Miami stories, subscribe to Patch to receive daily newsletters and breaking news alerts. If you have an iPhone, click here to get the free Patch iPhone app.)

#TravelAdvisory for Thursday, September 14. pic.twitter.com/C1FunkTXgl
— Miami Int'l Airport (@iflymia) September 14, 2017

The airport's Rental Car Center opened on Tuesday.

Irma did not cause as much damage in Florida as some forecasters had feared. But Terminal buildings at Miami International Airport sustained significant water damage and ceiling tiles at gate areas fell down throughout the airport, according to authorities.

Watch: Hurricane Irma's Destructive Journey By The Numbers

Including nursing home deaths, at least 25 people in Florida have died under Irma-related circumstances, and six more in South Carolina and Georgia, many of them well after the storm had passed. The death toll across the Caribbean stood at 38.

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