OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 2, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 12 hours ago) and read 2039 times:
Hurricane/TS-related cancellations can be made for a variety of reasons, none the least of which are if crosswind limits are expected to be exceeded. More than ceiling or visibility, this is the main "trigger" for a flight being able to operate or not in these kinds of conditions, since the last situation an airline wants to be in is having an aircraft get in, have the crosswinds come up beyond limits, and then the big $$$ aircraft be stuck there for the approaching storm to batter all to hell.
TPA and MCO both have elevated trains that run out from the terminals to the gates, and they have wind limits as well. How many employees can make it in (and thus what % of your normal gates can be used) is also a factor in making selective cancellations in order to "thin out" how many flights go into an airport that may (or may not) be impacted by such weather.
727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5722 posts, RR: 20 Reply 3, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 1946 times:
Well if the crosswind across the 18/36s were that great, they could use 9-27
OPNLguy From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 4, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 10 hours ago) and read 1914 times:
Quoting 727LOVER (Reply 3): Well if the crosswind across the 18/36s were that great, they could use 9-27
True, at TPA, but not the case at MCO should weather from this same storm drive crosswinds adversely there.
My point was that there are many items that are taken in consideration for cancellations during large-scale weather like this, and not just the weather that actually shows up.
Jetblueguy22 From United States of America, joined Nov 2007, 2021 posts, RR: 1 Reply 5, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 9 hours ago) and read 1874 times:
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Yikes thats no fun. But I am sure the airlines did it for precaution. But it seems like whenever they do this kind of stuff prematurely the weather is never that bad.
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RP TPA From United States of America, joined Oct 1999, 829 posts, RR: 0 Reply 7, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 6 hours ago) and read 1787 times:
I remember the "no-name" storm of approx 1992. This was the MAJOR storm that formed in the gulf, moved over Florida with intense t-storms, and then moved up the coast causing massive blizzards along the way. The day after the storm passed TPA, the winds were something like 30kts out of the west. All planes, including jets, were taking off of 27. It's something that very rarely occurs here.
MHTripple7 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 1050 posts, RR: 5 Reply 9, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 1714 times:
Quoting Swatpamike (Reply 8): I saw a BA 777 land on that runway a few years back.
MHTripple7 From United States of America, joined Feb 2008, 1050 posts, RR: 5 Reply 12, posted (4 years 9 months 1 week 3 hours ago) and read 1639 times:
Just an update:
DL has canceled 4 out of their 11 daily flights between TPA and ATL today. They've also canceled a TPA-JFK flight, a TPA-LGA flight, a TPA-CVG flight, and the TPA-LAX flight. All of these flights were scheduled to depart before noon.
US seems to have canceled some flights to but I'm not sure of which ones.
All other flights seem to be operating normally....
ImperialEagle From United States of America, joined Jan 2006, 1230 posts, RR: 14 Reply 13, posted (4 years 9 months 6 days 20 hours ago) and read 1574 times:
Quoting Bagpipes (Reply 6): never seen an airliner take off on that runway
I've seen D10's and L-10's, and everything else take-off/land on 9/27, when the winds are strong enough.
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727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5722 posts, RR: 20 Reply 14, posted (4 years 9 months 6 days 15 hours ago) and read 1494 times:
Quoting Bagpipes (Reply 6): 9/27 at TPA is not that long, I have seen 737's land but i have never seen an airliner take off on that runway
I have seen takeoffs only once in the last few years, when Katrina was passing to the south.
Its' about as long as the main runway at DCA
Quoting Swatpamike (Reply 8): I saw a BA 777 land on that runway a few years back.
727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5722 posts, RR: 20 Reply 16, posted (4 years 9 months 5 days 21 hours ago) and read 1331 times:
I noticed at one point the wind at MCO was W at 22, gusting to 37. They couldn't operate on north/south runways in those conditions could they?
727LOVER From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5722 posts, RR: 20 Reply 17, posted (4 years 8 months 3 weeks 3 days 18 hours ago) and read 1176 times:
Well, yesterday (Sunday) with Gustov passing to the west, the winds were very strong from the east, and guess what?
They were landing on runway 9. I saw 3 aircraft takeoff from 9.(NW752, WN 73G, AA 738) All witnessed from the north side of the economy garage-great view!
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