Hiflyer From United States of America, joined Nov 2004, 2118 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 13 hours ago) and read 1737 times:
CTL ELEMENT: CLT
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 0212Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 08/0202Z - 08/0315Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (1STTIER) ZME ZID ZHU ZJX ZTL ZDC
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 657/61/34.6
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 1363/106/71.7
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: LOW
REASON: WEATHER / FOG
REMARKS: USERS CAN EXPECT HOLDING OF UP TO 30 MINS UNTIL
0315Z
then....
CTL ELEMENT: CLT
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 0227Z
GS CNX PERIOD: 08/0227Z - 08/0534Z
REASON: WEATHER / IMPROVEMENT
REMARKS: CLT IS CURRENTLY BACK TO A 2 ARRIVAL RY OPERATION 55 RATE.
Stirling From Italy, joined Jun 2004, 3943 posts, RR: 27 Reply 2, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 12 hours ago) and read 1675 times:
Quoting Hiflyer (Reply 1): CTL ELEMENT: CLT
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 0212Z
GROUND STOP PERIOD: 08/0202Z - 08/0315Z
DEP FACILITIES INCLUDED: (1STTIER) ZME ZID ZHU ZJX ZTL ZDC
PREVIOUS TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 657/61/34.6
NEW TOTAL, MAXIMUM, AVERAGE DELAYS: 1363/106/71.7
PROBABILITY OF EXTENSION: LOW
REASON: WEATHER / FOG
REMARKS: USERS CAN EXPECT HOLDING OF UP TO 30 MINS UNTIL
0315Z
then....
CTL ELEMENT: CLT
ELEMENT TYPE: APT
ADL TIME: 0227Z
GS CNX PERIOD: 08/0227Z - 08/0534Z
REASON: WEATHER / IMPROVEMENT
REMARKS: CLT IS CURRENTLY BACK TO A 2 ARRIVAL RY OPERATION 55 RATE.
Well, that's, uh, great.
How about in English, for us with the smaller brains.
Cactus739 From United States of America, joined Jan 2004, 2379 posts, RR: 34 Reply 3, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1586 times:
OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (6 years 4 months 2 weeks 11 hours ago) and read 1568 times:
If the original message (since updated) mentioned aircraft incident, it was probably because an aircraft couldn't clear the runway immediately for some reason (tire problem, hydraulic A-system failure affecting steering, etc.) which deprived them of one of their two landing runways. That meant they couldn't handle as many arrivals as normal (think 4-lane freeway with 2 lanes suddenly shutdown), so they had to limit traffic to what they could handle.
Both the possible reasons above are usually quickly resolved (they don't know for sure at first), and the aircraft get towed off the runway, and the runway is quickly inspected for tire debris and/or spilled hydraulic fluid, and re-opened as soon as possible. Once the runway re-opened, the airport's acceptance rate went back up, and the delays pretty much evaporated...
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