Monday, December 1, 2008

Did rainy day Sunday keep you down?

Doing a quick check of FlightStats this morning to gauge the impact of Sunday's wet weather on flights to and from Charlotte. While there wasn't a meltdown -- few flights were canceled outright -- it looks like the rain and issues at other airports led to some tough delays. A sampler:

Departures
Cancun (US Airways): 274 minutes late
Newark (Continental): 200 minutes late
Cleveland (US Airways): 198 minutes late
Tallahassee, Fla. (US Airways): 189 minutes late
Hilton Head Island (US Airways): 151 minutes late

Arrivals (all US Airways)
Orlando: 212 minutes
Cleveland: 203 minutes
Fort Lauderdale: 165 minutes
Allentown, Pa.: 162 minutes
Newport News, Va.: 148 minutes

There were other delays, of course, but these were on the long side. Were you lucky enough to spend extra time at the airport Sunday -- waiting either for your flight to take off or for a friend/relative to arrive? Or did you have the misfortune of being on a flight delayed more than a couple of hours? Let me know what the scene was there, and if the weather wreaked more havoc than the stats indicate.

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