Originally Posted by dmkorten

I got diverted from IAH to HOU (Houston Hobby) last week due to thunderstorms at IAH -- we didn't circle long before the decision was made. They did let people off at HOU. Diversions generally take a long time (this was 4 hours) because there is a long queue of planes that need to be refueled at the same time and then, of course, waiting to get back in the queue for landing back at IAH. Once we were airborne it was just a few minutes to IAH -- reminding me of my EFD days!