( CNN ) -- A rash of inclement weather shut down Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport Tuesday morning , raising questions as to whether Super Bowl fans will face travel problems ahead of Sunday 's big game . Icy road conditions on Tuesday forced schools and some government offices to close , while 60 municipal trucks salted and scraped their way through Dallas , Texas , said mayoral spokesman Frank Librio . But forecasters expect the blustery winter weather to leave the region -- and much of the country -- by Thursday , just as the first wave of pigskin enthusiasts are due to arrive . `` We have been planning for this for a whole year , '' Librio said of Sunday 's match-up between the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers . `` We 'll be ready . '' Both teams and their fans are cold weather clubs , accustomed to the frozen tundra of Lambeau Field in Green Bay , Wisconsin , and Heinz Field in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania . iReport : Planning for a Super Bowl road trip ? But as a massive winter storm sweeps across the nation 's heartland , up to 500 Dallas flights are expected to be canceled , said airport spokesman David Magana , making re-bookings difficult for those with early travel plans . With more than 30 states under winter storm warnings or blizzard warnings , air traffic came to a halt in some places . Dallas and Houston in Texas and Chicago , Illinois , are feeling the most impact , said FAA spokeswoman Tammy Jones . Transport personnel had reopened one runway at Dallas-Fort Worth airport by Tuesday afternoon , authorities said . Meanwhile , Dallas Love Field Airport was down to one open runway , according to the FAA . Forecasters say the sub-freezing temperatures will let up Friday , reaching highs of 42 degrees . But Super Bowl XLV , scheduled to begin Sunday at 6:30pm ET , is expected to draw thousands of fans to the Texan gridiron in search of warmer weather . Forecasters say Dallas temperatures will bump up to a high of 61 degrees by game day . While not exactly balmy conditions , the warm weather Super Bowl tradition could more abruptly end three years from now . The New Meadowlands Stadium , co-owned by the New York Giants and Jets , won the bid to host Super Bowl XLVIII in East Rutherford , New Jersey . Fans may be forced to don winter gloves underneath their foam fingers in what could be the nation 's first true cold-weather classic in 2014 . The big game is customarily played in either domed stadiums or warm weather states . The 1967 `` Ice-Bowl , '' in which the Packers edged out a 21-17 win over the Dallas Cowboys , was played in frigid temperatures at Lambeau Field in the 35th National Football League championship game . Green Bay then traveled to Los Angeles to defeat the Kansas City Chiefs 35-10 in the very first Super Bowl .
Icy weather in Dallas is raising questions over whether Super Bowl fans will face travel problems . Forecasters expect the blustery winter weather to leave the region by Thursday . Up to 500 Dallas flights are expected to be canceled Tuesday , airport officials said . Forecasters say Dallas temperatures will bump up to a high of 61 degrees by game day .