A glimpse into Gallatin County journey amid holidays, snowy situations

BELGRADE — At Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport, post-holiday journey was in full swing on Friday. MTN’s Esha Walia headed over there to learn the way folks’s journey days have been going amid post-Thanksgiving journey and snowy climate situations.

“That’s what travel is; it’s an adventure,” mentioned Laurelle Johnson, who was visiting Bozeman from Los Angeles.

“I was here for the holidays; I was visiting my daughter and her husband,” mentioned Johnson.

When requested, Johnson defined how her journey journey was attending to Bozeman.

“Do you really want to know?” mentioned Johnson.“We’re en route, about an hour and a half, and the pilot comes on and says, ‘We have to go back because our de-icer isn’t working and we can’t seem to fix it from the cockpit.’”

Despite Montana’s first main snowstorm, Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport retains vacation vacationers shifting with minimal disruptions

Post-holiday journey continues at Bozeman airport regardless of winter storm challenges

Johnson says the airplane needed to flip round again to Los Angeles, making it take her six hours to get to Bozeman.

“It was a long time,” mentioned Johnson.

With Friday’s snowy situations, Johnson mentioned this concerning the standing of her return flight: “We’ve been tracking it; they’re saying it’s on time>

While some travelers, like Johnson, didn’t have the easiest travel journey, others flying in on Friday did.

“I haven’t really noticed much of a difference, to be honest,” mentioned Larry Smith, who flew again to Bozeman from Washington D.C.

Bozeman Airport CEO Brian Sprenger shared the identical sentiment Friday afternoon.

“Generally, it’s been pretty good. We have had one diversion,” mentioned Sprenger.

Sprenger mentioned the airport has seen a rise in journey this vacation season.

“We’re probably about 6% up compared to last year’s record levels,” mentioned Sprenger.

Sprenger says with the vacations and climate situations, he recommends folks observe their flight info and drive to the airport safely.

He’s not the one one. Meteorologist Mike Heard says Friday’s storm was the primary widespread snowstorm to influence the state of Montana this season.

“It’s that whole triple threat: the cold, the snow, the wind, the icing of roadways; there’s a lot going on,” mentioned Heard.

Heard says the storm is predicted to be passed by early Saturday morning, however that “the lingering impacts going into the weekend will be icy roads.”

“We always preach slow down,” mentioned Heard.

For vacationers like Johnson, driving slowly was the important thing to creating it to the airport safely on Friday.

“I had to nudge my husband to say we have to get going,” mentioned Johnson.“He drove slowly, which was really good.”

“I was really happy with it,” she added.