Originally Posted by
Ascii
If you absolutely positively have to be there the next day, I would not take the last flight of the night out of any airport in any season. Seriously. I don't know what your risk tolerance is, but mine would never allow me to book the last flight of the night the day before I have to be somewhere.
I've had flights from large hubs canceled without any weather issues (in the middle of the summer). If you talk to those of us who fly a lot, you'll learn that the last flight of the night is asking for trouble.
Completely agree with this. I would take a flight much earlier in the day that would allow for any possible mis-adventure. Any single flight can be canceled for any reason. If you really need to be somewhere the next morning, I would leave some room for "entropy".
As for a winter storm, watch the forecasts, and if a whopper blizzard is predicted, get out of town before it hits.