Nearly 200 flights impacted at Sky Harbor this weekend as Hilary approaches

PHOENIX — Nearly 200 flights were impacted at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport over the weekend as Tropical Storm Hilary continued churning towards the Southwest.

As of 5 p.m. Sunday, 173 flights were either canceled or delayed out of Sky Harbor, according to the airport's website.

As of early Monday morning, 68 flights were canceled or delayed. 

Richard Statler planned on flying out to Orange County, California Sunday morning, but two of his flights ended up getting canceled. He wanted to drive to southern California but ended up deciding against it.

“I don’t think that’s a safe way to go. The roads are probably going to be washed out somewhere in the desert. I lucked out, I got a flight to Ontario,” he told ABC15 around 6:30 a.m. Sunday.

Many flights to southern California and even northern California showed they were canceled around 8:30 am.

Phil Ackerman said he also tried looking for flights to Orange County on Monday but there were none, so he opted to go to Las Vegas, hoping to get another flight to California, though, some of the flights to Las Vegas were canceled Sunday morning as well.

With his home in Orange County and in the path of Hilary, Ackerman said he’s not too concerned as he has his neighbors watching out for his home.

“I have left messages with my neighbors to check on my house, so I think things will be fine, but I don’t know,” he said.

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Hilary was downgraded to a Tropical Storm Sunday morning as it continues moving up the coast of Mexico.

Despite the storm weakening, the National Weather Service is warning that "historic" amounts of rain could fall on parts of the Southwest.

Pockets of light rain fell across the Valley over the weekend. We could also see a wet morning commute on Monday.