Originally Posted by
s0ssos
They actually have many flights that get in late though. I guess the planes just sit there til the next day.
Most spoke airports do because there will be people that need to take an early morning flight. If those flights turned around and went back to a hub they'd be arriving in the early morning hours. Airlines would have to discount fares to encourage people to arrive at 3AM or so and wait around another 3-5 hours for their connecting flight, getting none to little sleep. The flights would be money losers. Not to mention originating paxs say at MSY would have no aircraft available for early morning flights.