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Old Dec 11, 2007 | 6:44 am
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Originally Posted by halcyongolf
With an upcoming flight into, and a close connection at, JFK coming up I was curious whether departures or arrivals are effected more by bad weather. My flight into JFK lands at 7:30 AM (E-190), and my international flight takes off at 9:00AM (777W), and the a "wintery mix" of freezing rain/snow is forecasted for Thursday morning. With a tight connection, I was curious which flight would be affected more by the bad weather.
This is based upon past experience living particularly in NYC. Your incoming looks to be on a short hop from somewhere. Typically, a flight like that would be subject to a ground hold during bad weather, HOWEVER, that fact that it is an early morning flight should help. If we do get lousy weather here in NYC, departures may be slow down, however, once onboard not so much of an issue unless you have another connection down line internationally. You should only have real issues if we get hit by an ice storm (no significant snow is expected).
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