Originally Posted by
enviroian
Currently sitting on 2412 waiting to push and EDT pushed back 15 minutes. Pilot comes on the horn and says “the tower is slowing us down just a bit. They are moving planes around to deal with the high traffic”.
Yep, that's what I am seeing too.
Originally Posted by
Herb687
Anecdotally it also seems that while AA total daily movements are down at DFW, those movements that are operating are now more banked than ever. DFW isn't just a repeaked hub, it's a superpeaked hub.
Anecdotally I have also noticed more "crossover" operations where you cross DFW midfield to enter downwind for an opposite side runway. This was quite rare in the past.
(Edited to add: it's also possible that more time in north flow is contributing to delays because I believe there is no way yet to get around crossing active runways in N flow like there is in S flow. I believe an additional taxiway is being built like the one at the far S end of the airport but not complete yet?)
I do think the banking is making things worse as well. Additionally, I've noticed more of the DFW Airport grand tour when landing too. For example, yesterday we landed to the south on the A/C/E side of the airport. Instead of exiting off near terminal C where our gate was (which we were slow enough to do), they went to the far south end of the field and then came back up to terminal C. Wasted a good few minutes there as well.