5/30/17 SEA Air Traffic Control equipment outage at Sea-Tac Airport delays flights
May 30, 2017, 12:49 pm
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5/30/17 SEA Air Traffic Control equipment outage at Sea-Tac Airport delays flights
https://blog.alaskaair.com/alaska-ai...elays-flights/
People traveling to and from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today can expect delays due to low ceilings and a temporary Air Traffic Control equipment outage, which has significantly reduced the hourly rate of planes arriving and taking off at Sea-Tac.
Some 90 Alaska Airlines and Virgin America flights scheduled to depart Seattle through noon have been delayed by up to two hours, affecting approximately 10,000 guests.
“Guests traveling through Seattle today should check the status of their flights before they leave for the airport,” said Todd Sproul, Alaska Airlines’ managing director of system operations control. “In the meantime, we’re working with the Port of Seattle and the FAA to restore normal operations as soon as possible.”
For more information about the Federal Aviation Administration and ATC delay, visit http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp.
People traveling to and from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport today can expect delays due to low ceilings and a temporary Air Traffic Control equipment outage, which has significantly reduced the hourly rate of planes arriving and taking off at Sea-Tac.
Some 90 Alaska Airlines and Virgin America flights scheduled to depart Seattle through noon have been delayed by up to two hours, affecting approximately 10,000 guests.
“Guests traveling through Seattle today should check the status of their flights before they leave for the airport,” said Todd Sproul, Alaska Airlines’ managing director of system operations control. “In the meantime, we’re working with the Port of Seattle and the FAA to restore normal operations as soon as possible.”
For more information about the Federal Aviation Administration and ATC delay, visit http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp.
May 30, 2017, 4:11 pm
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http://flightaware.com/live/airport/KSEA indicates "Seattle-Tacoma Intl (KSEA) is currently experiencing departure delays an average of 75 minutes" (EDIT: It just flipped to 26 minutes)
http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/delays.do?airportCode=SEA&airportQueryDate=2017-05-30 shows a delay index of 3.0 ("Moderate") but decreasing (a change of -14%).
Completely unrelated, but huh, I just noticed this interesting flight on FlightAware: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2699 (a 77W PAE-SEA)
http://www.flightstats.com/go/Airport/delays.do?airportCode=SEA&airportQueryDate=2017-05-30 shows a delay index of 3.0 ("Moderate") but decreasing (a change of -14%).
Completely unrelated, but huh, I just noticed this interesting flight on FlightAware: http://flightaware.com/live/flight/UAL2699 (a 77W PAE-SEA)
May 30, 2017, 11:03 pm
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