KMIA Flights Diverted to KRSW

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While checking Flightradar24, and later in person, I noticed quite a few flights at Southwest Florida International (KRSW) that were originally headed to Miami International (KMIA). Some notable mentions include an Avianca A320, two Swift Air B734s, and several non-typical American aircraft, including a B763 and B772. Does anyone know the reason for this rerouting? As somebody who really enjoys plane spotting, I was happy to see these visitors at my local airport.

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Hey man! While this is very intresting I think this belongs on this topic:

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While I agree it belongs there as a point of interest, my goal in creating this topic was to see if anyone knew why this might be happening.

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Typically the topic linked above would be used for something like this, but it will be up to a moderator ultimately, so we’ll see…

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But you won’t answer his question? 🤔

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Looks like storms are the issue. ☝🏾 KMIA METAR above.

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We had some killer storms today that closed the airport. I too was checking out all the flights they had in holds and being rerouted.

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