Stuck in Atlanta- trying to get to MSP
#17
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Does anybody know why the FAA website is showing no delays at MSP?
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
#18
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I agree! MSP is socked in big time: ceiling at 600 feet. MIFR, winds at 14 (but that will increase enormously on the backside of the low pressure) 2 inches of snow on the runway now. I would not bet on getting in there tonight.
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Does anybody know why the FAA website is showing no delays at MSP?
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
Also, remember that MSP has good equipment and experience in keeping the airport open during winter storms. Seeing your plane get de-iced by detouring to a staging area (on the way to the take-off line) where the plane appears to drive through a car wash is an experience not to to be missed! Needless to say, it's much more efficient to take the planes to the de-icing equipment than to have the aircraft wait at the gates for the de-icing equipment to come visit the planes where they are still parked and blocking other aircraft from using the gates.
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Well, I am home. I made it and didn't die on the roads.
Flight 1710 was about 15 mins EARLY and then we needed to wait for a gate to clear.
NOW the drive home (South Metro) was NUTS...wow!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all of your help!!!!!!!!
Flight 1710 was about 15 mins EARLY and then we needed to wait for a gate to clear.
NOW the drive home (South Metro) was NUTS...wow!!!!!!!!
Thanks for all of your help!!!!!!!!