Good weather on Wednesday helped clear up some of the passenger backlog in Anchorage’s L1 terminal, but Pen Air Vice President Missy Anderson says there are still several hundred people standing by for flights.

Anderson says eight planes landed in Unalaska today and she’s expecting ten flights tomorrow if the weather holds out. She added that two freighters brought in luggage earlier today and there will be two more tomorrow.

For the last week Pen Air has been bumping bags in order to get 30 people on each flight.  Normally they fly with only 23 passengers to accommodate luggage.  

Adding to weather delays, one of Pen Air’s planes is out of service because of a damaged propeller.  The plane hit a snow berm on the runway on St. Paul Island while landing last week.  There were no injuries and Anderson says the plane is being repaired.

Pen Air is flying 4,500 people into Unalaska for this year's fisheries A-season, which runs from December 26 to January 20.