Flight Canellation Question
Feb 26, 2006 | 4:32 pm
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Flight Canellation Question
Hello,
I live in the IAD area. I am leaving out of Dulles at around 5 PM tomorrow night. I checked the weather. It said scaterd flurries. It will be above freezing so i am hoping the snow wont stick. The snow is starting at around 3 PM and going to around 6 PM.
My question is will UA cancel flights just beacuse of snow even if the snow does not stick on the runway or tarmac???
I have left on time during rain but luckley have not had any recent experences with snow.
Ben
I live in the IAD area. I am leaving out of Dulles at around 5 PM tomorrow night. I checked the weather. It said scaterd flurries. It will be above freezing so i am hoping the snow wont stick. The snow is starting at around 3 PM and going to around 6 PM.
My question is will UA cancel flights just beacuse of snow even if the snow does not stick on the runway or tarmac???
I have left on time during rain but luckley have not had any recent experences with snow.
Ben
Feb 26, 2006 | 4:42 pm
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I have no experience with snow at IAD, but from other airports, I can say that snow that doesn't stick won't affect operations. If there's a lot of wind that comes with the snow, that may reduce runway availability, which could cause delays/cancellations. But as an example, I flew into BOS yesterday where there was light snow that was sticking to the runways a little bit, and my flight was 10 minutes early. Of course, YMMV.
Feb 26, 2006 | 5:38 pm
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Originally Posted by Benny8444
Hello,
I live in the IAD area. I am leaving out of Dulles at around 5 PM tomorrow night. I checked the weather. It said scaterd flurries. It will be above freezing so i am hoping the snow wont stick. The snow is starting at around 3 PM and going to around 6 PM.
My question is will UA cancel flights just beacuse of snow even if the snow does not stick on the runway or tarmac???
I have left on time during rain but luckley have not had any recent experences with snow.
Ben
I live in the IAD area. I am leaving out of Dulles at around 5 PM tomorrow night. I checked the weather. It said scaterd flurries. It will be above freezing so i am hoping the snow wont stick. The snow is starting at around 3 PM and going to around 6 PM.
My question is will UA cancel flights just beacuse of snow even if the snow does not stick on the runway or tarmac???
I have left on time during rain but luckley have not had any recent experences with snow.
Ben