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The winter storm that was expected to roll into the state late Monday isn't the kind that will cause any sort of delay for holiday air travelers, local airport officials say.

It's the rest of the country's weather that Tucsonans have to worry about.

"Our delays come from somewhere else," said Karen Garmon, a spokeswoman for Tucson International Airport. "It's the domino effect. If there are delays on the East Coast, that causes delays all over."

Storm-related cancellations and long delays plagued air travelers over the weekend, putting a damper on the start of the extremely busy holiday travel season.

Phoenix's Sky Harbor International Airport ended up being the overnight home of a few hundred travelers Sunday night after flights from Phoenix to the Pacific Northwest were canceled.

Because weather-related delays can't always be predicted, airport officials stress the importance of calling — or logging on — ahead of time to check on the status of their flights before leaving for the airport.

The Tucson airport's Web site (www.tucsonairport.org) has a direct link to the terminal's in-house departure and arrival boards, while Sky Harbor's Web site directs visitors to the sites of each airline.