Travellers coming in and out of Sydney Airport are being warned to check their flight status today after poor weather, strong winds and a handful of sick air traffic control workers cause chaos.

Airlines were forced to cancel services yesterday as fewer air traffic controllers on today’s late shift mean fewer aircraft were cleared for takeoff and landing.

Despite frantically working yesterday to get services back on track for the weekend, a spokeswoman for Air Services Australia confirmed there would be similar delays today.

“Air traffic services will experience some disruption today due to the poor weather conditions and staff absences in the Sydney Tower,” Air Services Australia said.

“In order to ensure a safe service we have slowed down traffic and we are working with industry to minimise delays. We hope to see improvements over the course of the afternoon.”

A Jetstar spokesman told news.com.au all domestic passengers travelling in and out of Sydney today could expect delays of at least 50 minutes.

The spokesman said companies were also experiencing technical issues with the system that normally feeds the airlines information about delays.

The 10pm curfew at Sydney Airport could also mean later flights in and out of the hub could be cancelled.

“By the end of the day we’ll have a number of flights that will need to be cancelled,” the Jetstar spokesman said.

“We recommend customers flying in and out check delays before going to the airport.”

Travellers stuck in Sydney Airport have already begun to lash the airlines for the unavoidable delays.

there’s a couple of people here stuck at sydney airport since 6am. 4 of them, like me, flying just for the day to see @DjokerNole play, & we may not even make it in time for his match. Jetstar sucks!!! c$700 airfare for 1.5hr flight, and this is what we get!! @AustralianOpen — crmi (@itsmecrmi) January 19, 2019

I really need to pee but the plane hasn’t parked because of “operational issues” and we need to stay seated.



Literally gonna pee my pants and it’s gonna be Sydney Airports fault. — Sally (@LOLGASMS) January 18, 2019

Yesterday afternoon, a number of Australia’s major airlines were forced to cancel flights.

Qantas cancelled seven flights and 14 Jetstar domestic services were axed, including flights between Sydney and Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Adelaide, the Gold Coast and the Sunshine Coast.

“All airlines are impacted by an air traffic control staff shortage in Sydney today,” Virgin Australia said in a statement yesterday.

“We have let guests travelling today know that there may be a delay or change to their flight and we encourage all guests travelling today to check the Virgin Australia Flight Status page before heading to the airport.”