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December 21, 2007

Winter holiday travelers, beware

Planning to travel for the holidays?

You’re in plenty of company; AAA expects about 65 million people to travel 50 miles or farther from home during the holiday season, and nearly 9 million are expected to fly.

No matter your point of departure, expect delays of about 40 minutes to Newark International Airport in New Jersey; 1 hour to JFK International and La Guardia Airports in New York; and expect delays upwards of 3 hours if you're traveling to O'Hare International Airport in Chicago.

And if you’re planning to fly out of Logan Airport, however, be sure to check your status before you you leave; a handful of flights were delayed or canceled after a snowstorm yesterday that left more than 7 inches of snow in some areas in the state.

Yesterday, more than 150 arrivals and departures were canceled.

Check the latest travel delays from the Federal Aviation Administration.

If you’re driving, make room for about 53 million others on the road. Check your tires, your fluids, and your wallet – gas in Rhode Island is about 8 cents above the national average at an average $2.999 a gallon for regular unleaded gas.

Last year at this time, it was about $2.349.

Extra: Find more helpful links for area travelers, including airport links, train schedules, and highway conditions, at: http://projo.com/travlinks

And keep tabs on the weekend and holiday weather on projo.com's weather page.

-- projo.com staff writer Brandie M. Jefferson

Posted by Brandie Jefferson  at 11:45 AM | Permalink

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