Sunday’s flooding rains temporarily closed Tweed Airport terminal

Sunday”™s stormy weather resulted in flooding that temporarily forced the closure of the departures terminal at Tweed New Haven Airport.

“HVN acts as a collection bowl for neighborhood flood waters,” said the airport on its Twitter page. “High tide needs to recede to open tide gates to drain water through waterways.”

Avelo Airlines, the commercial carrier based at Tweed, was forced to cancel seven departing flights due to the weather conditions.

This morning at around 8:00 a.m., Tweed New Haven Airport Authority Executive Director Tom Rafter took to social media to announce: “The airport is operating normally this morning. All flights are departing on time. A big shout out to the airport staff who went above and beyond yesterday and overnight. Yesterday was tough, but they were tougher.”