- Hundreds of Southwest flights have been canceled nationwide and now many passengers are beginning to question the airline's explanation.

At Tampa International Airport, the line at the Southwest ticket counter was long on Sunday morning as hundreds of people attempted to figure out how to get to their destination following their canceled flights.

Like thousands of others, BJ Romero woke up Sunday morning preparing to fly out of TPA on Southwest only to learn mere hours before his scheduled departure time that his Southwest flight was canceled.

That’s not going to work for me," said Romero who was attempting to get home to DC.

As of Sunday morning, Southwest had canceled more than 1,000 flights nationwide, with over 40 canceled at Tampa International Airport.

"Everyone is getting up to that ticket line and they’re saying, ‘I need to get home.