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Old Apr 5, 2011 | 10:47 am
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Originally Posted by maverick17
There were no cancellations into MSP yesterday or this morning on Compass. There were three or four Pinnacle and one Mesaba. That's all for the whole airport and why I said it is reasonable to believe an incoming aircraft delay was not the cause of my cancellation.
You're probably right in thinking it wasn't MSP weather that caused the cancellation. It looks to me like a PHL weather/ATC issue. The fact that the 0820 non-stop PHL-MSP didn't leave until 1133 suggests it wasn't limited to the Compass flight. Also, the FAA (on fly.faa.gov) says expect ATC delays in the NY Metro/PHL due to "low cloud ceilings/visibility/heavy rain/wind".

I believe the only way to really prove that it was not a weather related cancellation is to look at the on-time statistics released by the US DOT. Each delay is classified and attributed to a category (weather, ATC, airline ops, etc). But these don't get released for a few months.
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