RDUDDJI From Lesotho, joined Jun 2004, 1318 posts, RR: 3 Reply 1, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1541 times:
see 'heavy' departure separation...
This is not uncommon for JFK around dinnertime...in fact, I'd say it's normal. Throw in some T-storms near the field or unfavorable winds...I've waited much longer than one hour there...
But, It is cool to look out and see like 40+ heavies taxiing at the same time.
Sometimes we don't realize the good times when we're in them
Deltadude From United States of America, joined Sep 2004, 126 posts, RR: 0 Reply 2, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 10 hours ago) and read 1525 times:
too bad I was in the middle of the plane.. good point though
777WT From United States of America, joined Jan 2005, 874 posts, RR: 1 Reply 3, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 9 hours ago) and read 1464 times:
I think it was Independence Air, one of their flights was delayed on the taxiway for departure for over 4-5 hours!
And it returned to the gates until the last min call was to reboard since the weather improved at the last min.
NZ767 From New Zealand, joined Nov 2001, 1620 posts, RR: 1 Reply 4, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1435 times:
On another note.........
I thought LAX would be bad but as soon as I'd passed through immigration, I walked out of Tom Bradley and straight into a cab.
Shortest taxi wait I've ever had.....
Laxintl From United States of America, joined May 2000, 22219 posts, RR: 51 Reply 5, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1424 times:
And things actualy have improved at JFK over the years. During the Pan Am, TWA days it was not uncommon to have the evening European bank of departures spend 1-2hours taxiing before getting airborne.
Alot of JFK's operational issues deal with winds and the subsequent runways in use. The airport is often basically reduced to a two runway airport with either the 13/31s or 04/22s in use. At peak times, this often means only one runway is availble for departures, while the other is used for landings.
From the desert to the sea, to all of Southern California
Ktachiya From Japan, joined Sep 2004, 1732 posts, RR: 2 Reply 6, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1403 times:
NRT around 6 o'clock looks disgusting. Well, maybe the condition have changed after the second rwy was completed but before, our aircraft had to wait for 2 hours after push-back to get airborne.
Here, one rwy is used for departures and arrivals and for all heavies. (mostly)
Vtdl From United States of America, joined Jul 2004, 80 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 8 hours ago) and read 1386 times:
On a AA flight from MIA to DFW was delayed because of rain and flood at DFW. The plane taxi-ed to the end of the runway before it was pulled to the side and waited for about 2 hours. Do you know what the worst part was? We were sitting in the middle of a group retirees (returning from a cruise I guess) kept talking about their grand-kids, non-stop of course. It felt more like 4 hours to me
After the plane took off, the pilot said he got permission to fly over the Gulf of Mexico in order to make up sometime. The F/A stopped what they were doing and went over the floatation device instructions in mid-flight. That was interesting and the first time that I've seen this.
Texdravid From United States of America, joined May 2004, 1266 posts, RR: 0 Reply 8, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 7 hours ago) and read 1352 times:
BA DFW-LGW on a DC-10 in 1991. Because of thunderstorms in DFW and around north Texas, flight was on the taxiway for 3.5 to 4 hours.
Supposed to land at LGW at 730am and arrived at 11am!!
CRJ200Mechanic From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 204 posts, RR: 2 Reply 9, posted (8 years 1 month 2 weeks 4 days 5 hours ago) and read 1286 times:
I just flew out of JFK about two weeks ago and waited on the taxiway for about an hour before we took off. Wasn't too bad
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