Originally Posted by
crhptic
Actually, you'd be surprised at how infrequently this happens. DEN gets a lot of snow, but with 6 runways and a huge snow removal operation, it's one of the best airports in the country at dealing with the snow and staying open in bad weather conditions. I've only had two weather cancellations in the past five years - and both times, it was weather on the east coast, not weather in DEN, that did it (this past winter's snowstorms were the worst!). I've had as many delays at DEN for summer thunderstorms as I have for snow - not many of either.
I think he is talking about NYC which will be a chore. JFK and EWR are heavily weather dependent. With DEN being outside LGA's permitted zone there are only two airport options for direct flights. That means B6 and CO for direct flights. Connections are probably available through ORD for UA and AA but that's going to add time to the trip plus you have to factor in the ORD lottery.
The redeye is tough as its not really long enough that you get a long sleep (if you can sleep on the plane). Admittedly relocating is going to costs you a lot of money, especially with kids. You could always look at relocating closer to NY and then commute from there. You would still have all the issues of with commuting but you wouldn't be as airline dependent.