PITTSBURGH —

Hundreds of Thanksgiving weekend travelers were hit with flight delays at Pittsburgh International Airport on Sunday, as weather across parts of the Midwest caused dozens of flights to run behind schedule.

The holiday weekend was the first true stress test on the new landside airport terminal since it opened earlier in November. Advertisement

“My flight was originally scheduled at 2 p.m., and it’s been delayed for, like, six hours,” said Zexian He, who was headed back to Purdue University.

He planned to land in Chicago and take a bus to campus in West Lafayette, Indiana, but after spending hours in the airport, that bus had already left.

“It’s snowing heavily back in West Lafayette, so I probably need to dig my car out of snow,” he said. “It’s not the best experience, I

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