BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Power has been restored to the Buffalo Niagara International Airport after an early morning power outage caused delays that affected nearly all flights at the airport.
UPDATE:
— Krizia Williams (@krizia_williams) July 5, 2023
Receiving updates from NFTA and they say the power is now being restored at the #BuffaloAirport @WKBW
The NFTA gave an update on the outage issue just 30 minutes before power was restored to the airport. Communications Manager Kelly Khatib said that the airport was running on a backup generator since the 3 a.m. outage, which was apparently caused by a transformer issue.
BUFFALO AIRPORT UPDATE:
— Krizia Williams (@krizia_williams) July 5, 2023
Travelers are clapping as the lights have come on in the #BuffaloAirport@WKBW pic.twitter.com/7ptGHgLIoT
Airport travelers that have something scheduled within the next few hours are being told to contact their airlines to see if there are any delays or cancellations.
All airlines at the airport were operating manually, which caused long lines at the airport baggage check counters.
This photo from Andrew Eck showed lines of people in the airport lobby Wednesday morning.
NYSEG reported about 2800 customers were without power earlier this morning. That number dropped to about 45 by 6:50am.
