Flights Resume at St. Louis Airport

CNN reports:

Flights resumed Sunday at the main airport in St. Louis after a tornado struck, knocking out power, shattering windows and sending passengers scrambling for cover from falling debris.

A handful of incoming flights touched down at Lambert-St. Louis Airport Saturday night for the first time after the powerful tornado hit Friday night. Airport spokesman Jeff Lea said Sunday morning that outgoing flights had resumed and were running on schedule.

Airport director Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge told reporters the airport's goal was to reach 70% of operations Sunday, and "I think we're there."

She said Southwest Airlines reported they are at 100% operation with no cancellations at the airport. Carriers on the airport's A Concourse were at about 80%, she said.

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Four carriers were being relocated from C Concourse, which suffered the most damage, with about half its windows blown out. Of those four, AirTran Airways and Frontier Airlines were both at about 50% in their new home on B Concourse, and planned to be fully operational Monday.

On Monday, the airport's D Concourse will be opened to house American Airlines and Cape Air, Hamm-Niebruegge said.

As of Sunday afternoon, more than 100 flights had departed from the airport, she said. On an average Sunday, about 230 flights leave, she said, and "we still have a good portion of the day to go."

The twister left behind "an incredible trail of devastation," the National Weather Service said.