Originally Posted by CoachPotato
I'm not mad at the airline at all. I'm annoyed that I have been delayed in YYZ for 3 days now, and the delays are being reported as due to weather. Local weather forecasts indicate 2-5 cm of snow and some freezing drizzle. We're not talking about the same weather patterns that caused the winter storm that hit the east coast last weekend. I have also been speaking to many people living near the airport (as I do), and the conditions do not seem severe enough to delay flights for 3 days, but I'm no expert.
What's the visibility like? How low are the clouds? If the ILS or NDB has gone down, and a visual approach must be made, then those two items will be huge factors in determining whether flights will get in. I checked the weather, and over the past 3 hours, visibility has been around 2 miles and ceilings of 1000 feet above ground level. I'm guessing that you'll need ceilings of 2000 ft and visibility of 5 miles minimum for the flight to get in, assuming that the runways have been ploughed. The good news is that the long-term forecast says that its a mix of sun/cloud on Tuesday, so hopefully you'll get in by then.
- notam