Blizzard's gone, but Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport cancelations continue

The weekend snowstorm is over, but many flights into and out of Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport are still being canceled Monday — with another storm system expected to drop an inch or two more late Tuesday.

According to the airport's flight tracker, 49 flights arriving into the airport have been canceled as of noon Monday. Another 29 flights departing the metro area have been canceled. 

Still, according to the airport website, 356 flights are scheduled to depart on time, and 383 are expected to arrive on time.   

In total, MSP Airport saw more than 660 cancelations over the weekend during the blizzard.

Hillary Albertson and her new husband drove six hours from Iowa to get to the airport.

"We saw 50 cars in the ditch, 58 I counted. Like 10 semis and one limo in the ditch," Albertson said.

The newlyweds say MSP staff were prepared to help them with their questions.

The Team Alaska cross country ski team was grateful for snow in Wisconsin a few days ago, but after a big win at the Junior National Championships, they're trying to get home to Anchorage.

WCCO also spoke with a Burnsville couple who booked a hotel near the airport ahead of their scheduled flight to Costa Rica.

"We had a wonderful time, we just got the chance to stay at a hotel," said Holly Johnson.

"Our flight was scheduled for today and looks like it's going to happen, we're hoping," said Jeff Johnson.

The Johnsons were awestruck by the number of travelers at MSP in the same predicament.

"A lot of people, but we did the drop off here and they're four lanes and it's plugged, yet everything was flowing smoothly," he said. "So despite the number of people, it's going very well."

Flexible travel waivers are being offered by almost all airlines operating at MSP.

MSP officials say they'll serve more than 3.3 million people over a five-week spring break period ending April 6.

Nearly 500 crashes, 1 fatal, during March blizzard

In the hours between midnight Friday and midnight Monday, the Minnesota State Patrol says there were 464 property damage crashes on Minnesota roads.

One of those crashes resulted in a fatality, and 40 resulted in injuries.

The state patrol says there were also 46 spinouts and 651 cars off the road, along with 19 jackknifed semis.