airports back to normal ???

[Isotope-C14]

Originally Posted by apexgds

It's not quite that easy. Travelers are often affected not just by where they are traveling and the locations they are connecting through, but also where their plane is coming from. Airports in California and Florida have been experiencing extensive delays as well for this reason. It's the ripple effect.

Indeed. As of the time of me posting this, the Atlanta and Ft. Lauderdale are the only airports with an orange dot. The rest are green.

Flight Delay Information - Air Traffic Control System Command Center

Not all source locations have a dot. At this time the Buffalo airport does not have a dot, but it does say in the details (click on any airport) that it is closed due to snow.

This is a very handy link if you are close to one of the major airports.

[mels]

Originally Posted by donald cherry

mels, what airport,in ny jet blue has thousands of people standing by. im glad im not flying until may.

I was flying Delta through MSP (Minneapolis) to a more rural destination where Delta has the monopoly. I'll be headed back through MSP at the end of the week so hopefully everything will be straightened out by then!

[mels]

Originally Posted by oregonwoodsmoke

It seems pretty obvious to me that winter flights should not be planned through some of the oft closed airports unless the travel is absolutely necessary and no way around it. In that case, an option B should be already planned out in case the traveler gets stuck.

This stuff happens over and over and over and every year, multiple times a year, it catches all the travels completely by surprise.

What airports do you think are closed often? BOS and JFK recently shut down for a period of time due to weather...that sure isn't normal and can happen anywhere because of blizzards, hurricanes, etc. I recently flew back and forth through the upper Midwest in bitter subzero temps and snow...their airports didn't close. I fly regularly for business and I can assure you, there are no reasonably sized/well traveled airports that are closed often.

As mentioned above, the bigger issue is not getting the plane from Point A to Point B, causing a ripple effect. One weather event at a hub can ripple through the entire system lightning fast, which is why a Chicago blizzard can leave people stranded in Texas.