AUSTIN, Texas — Austin-Bergstrom International Airport just before 8 a.m. Wednesday reported power has been restored to the airport following an outage that lasted for roughly three hours. However, delays are still in effect. 

Passengers after 8 a.m. were beginning to be moved through security again. Roadways around the airport reopened to traffic shortly before 10 a.m. 

The outage was quite an ordeal. Departing flights were halted and when the airport roadways were closed to traffic, significant backups occurred.

Austin Energy released a statement confirming the outage and also why it occurred. According to the statement, around 4:30 a.m. "underground equipment malfunctioned leading to the power outage. Austin Energy used fault indicators, devices that light up to indicate a circuit issue, to determine and isolate the cause of the outage. At 8:03 a.m., crews completed repairs and restored power to the airport."

If you are traveling out of the Austin airport Wednesday, you are still urged to check your flight status well ahead of time as significant delays are anticipated for several hours.