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Summertime travel is sizzling. What does it mean at Jacksonville's airport?

Sharon Blow checks in curbside for her Delta flight recently at Jacksonville International Airport.
Corey Perrine
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Florida Times-Union
Sharon Blow checks in curbside for her Delta flight recently at Jacksonville International Airport.

Summertime travelers are flying the friendly skies in near-record numbers in Jacksonville and beyond as memories of pandemic lockdowns appear to be rapidly fading.

But as numbers rebound after two moribund years of COVID-19 restrictions and fears, travelers face some major issues flying in Florida and beyond these days and those on the ground have their own problems, experts said.

Jacksonville airport officials say this year's Memorial Day traveler numbers were within 5% of the same weekend in pre-pandemic 2019, making for a very busy time as the COVID-19 pandemic recedes.

Read the rest of this story at WJCT News partner The Florida Times-Union.

Dan Scanlan - Florida Times-Union