IAH Travel Waiver - 1/16/18

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Jan 16, 18, 9:29 am

#16

cawhite

Join Date: Sep 2002

Location: Heading to Costco for more popcorn...

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Currently in flight to IAH and our pilot told us they just closed IAH to clear the runways. In a holding pattern until they make a decision to re-open runways or divert.

Edit - one runway has been re-opened (per our pilot)

Last edited by cawhite; Jan 16, 18 at 9:35 am

Jan 16, 18, 9:45 am

#17

Brick

Join Date: Sep 2005

Posts: 475

I'm watching inbound aircraft to IAH right now. Several UA flights are circling. Interjet is going back to MTY. An AA flight went back to DFW. DL diverted to DFW.

Doesn't look like to be a fun day to go through IAH.

Jan 16, 18, 9:56 am

#18

chavala

Join Date: Mar 2011

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Quote:

Originally Posted by HoustonConsultant

As a Houstonian, let me just say that we have no clue how to function with winter weather. We close schools and most of the city with the forecast of potential ice/snow. If the temperature gets near 32 degrees, it is the lead story on the local news.

If bad weather actually hits the airport, few connections would be safe. We just do not have the equipment necessary (nor the experience) to handle ice/snow in an efficient manner..

Ain't that the truth! People in Fort Worth were in a full blown panic yesterday, leaving work early, clearing the grocery shelves... and today? Nada. Not even a snowflake.
As someone who grew up in Buffalo, NY it always makes me laugh.

Jan 16, 18, 12:29 pm

#19

Pingtung

Join Date: Jan 2005

Location: Northern Va

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From the FAA:

CTL ELEMENT: IAH
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 1723Z
DELAY ASSIGNMENT MODE: UDP
ARRIVALS ESTIMATED FOR: 16/1723Z - 17/0559Z
CUMULATIVE PROGRAM PERIOD: 16/1723Z - 17/0559Z
PROGRAM RATE: 10/6/12/12/12/12/12/24/24/24/24/24/24
FLT INCL: ALL CONTIGUOUS US DEP
DEP SCOPE: (MANUAL) ZLA ZAU ZLC ZTL ZDC ZNY ZHU ZJX ZFW ZOB ZDV ZOA
ZSE ZBW ZMA ZKC ZME ZID ZAB ZMP
CANADIAN DEP ARPTS INCLUDED: CYVR CYYJ CYTZ CYYZ
DELAY ASSIGNMENT TABLE APPLIES TO: ZHU
MAXIMUM DELAY: 508
AVERAGE DELAY: 363
IMPACTING CONDITION: WEATHER / SNOW-ICE
COMMENTS: GROUND STOP CANCELED. A/C RELEASED ON EDCTS. EDCTS WILL
BE LENGTHY.

Not much flow permitted the rest of the day...

Jan 16, 18, 1:22 pm

#20

matthopp

Join Date: Mar 2009

Location: IAH

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Finally boarded my EWR flight, pilot just came on and said deicing truck broke and they are working to fix it. Currently at a 2hr delay.

Jan 16, 18, 1:26 pm

#21

grd787

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Quote:

Originally Posted by matthopp

Finally boarded my EWR flight, pilot just came on and said deicing truck broke and they are working to fix it. Currently at a 2hr delay.

I was actually just wondering if IAH even has de-icing equipment.

Jan 16, 18, 1:48 pm

#22

matthopp

Join Date: Mar 2009

Location: IAH

Programs: CO PLAT, now UA GS

Posts: 103

Apparently they have one, and it broke. just added and hour to my delay, but we are borded with door open for "just in case." Good thing I am up front with a bourbon, they have already served the hot nuts, wonder if they recater with everyone up front on their third or fourth round.

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Jan 16, 18, 1:51 pm

#23

chermorg

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Quote:

Originally Posted by grd787

I was actually just wondering if IAH even has de-icing equipment.

This reminds me of the last time it got icey - AUS with it's one (1) deicing truck did better than SEA did one time I flew DL through there.

Jan 16, 18, 4:30 pm

#24

SpicyMeatball

Join Date: May 2011

Posts: 63

No issues at AUS. It's ~30 degrees out, but no moisture or ice in sight. Walking around downtown like nothing ever happened.

Jan 16, 18, 5:28 pm

#25

paytonc

Join Date: May 2004

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Quote:

Originally Posted by BThumme

UA will allow almost anything, it's actually quite nice. I just made a change that most people would deem me clinically insane for tomorrows waiver, but made sense to me. With that said, I don't know how lenient UA is for weather changes for changing co-terminals, but you could really make a case for that if you really wanted to.

I successfully got an IAD to DCA re-route, and the agent called it "the easiest thing I've done today."

This was after the EasyChicken (kiosk) suggested that I route RDU-SFO + SFO-IAH redeye. Would've been a marvelous way to earn BIS, if only I didn't need to be conscious tomorrow...

Jan 16, 18, 6:14 pm

#26

matthopp

Join Date: Mar 2009

Location: IAH

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Spent nearly 2hrs to get to the de-ice pad at the runway entrance, ready for them to start spraying then the pilots announced they had timed out, used the runway back to gate. Fun times today at IAH.

Jan 16, 18, 6:18 pm

#27

txflyer77

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Location: Boulder

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Yikes. Not a lot of ice in a location that's used to it, but the gulf coast? I'm almost surprised IAH didn't have a worse time than it did.

Jan 16, 18, 7:12 pm

#28

tryathlete

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Quote:

Originally Posted by cawhite

Currently in flight to IAH and our pilot told us they just closed IAH to clear the runways. In a holding pattern until they make a decision to re-open runways or divert.

Edit - one runway has been re-opened (per our pilot)

were you on 1137? If so, we were on the same flight. I was watching the route on the on and off Wi-if on Flightradar24 and knew we were on our way before the announcement. Incredible luck not to divert. Roads were a nightmare today but as a northerner, never slid or spin a wheel with the rental car. Saw mass mayhem on beltway 8 with closings forcing me to get off and back on again. Houston stay the course and keep salt spraying overnight. I have more work to do Wednesday morning! Hopefully I’ll get out in the PM

Jan 16, 18, 7:24 pm

#29

ms_go

Join Date: Aug 2004

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I have a relative on the flight to Amsterdam tonight. They left the gate about 90 minutes late (after waiting for the "frozen lavatories" to be fixed), then it took about 2:30 to get through de-icing. He was at the airport for most of the afternoon and said many of the concessions were closed.

Jan 17, 18, 8:10 am

#30

cawhite

Join Date: Sep 2002

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Quote:

Originally Posted by tryathlete

Same flight. We were on 8/45 to and from The Woodlands in the afternoon - it was a mess. After dropping my colleagues back at IAH, I stuck to surface roads heading out to the Galleria area and they weren't bad except overpasses.

Last edited by cawhite; Jan 17, 18 at 8:16 am

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