IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

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IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Tue May 22, 2007 6:57 am

Looks like there may be weather moving into IAH. We just had a USAirways Express CR9 (in America West Express colors.....which we never see any more here) divert into MSY. He was operating ASH 2617 CLT-IAH. Here's a photo of him while he was here a little while ago:
http://i98.photobucket.com/albums/l264/tmoore065/DSC02849.jpg?t=1179784079

And here's his CLT-IAH (oops, MSY) route:


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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Tue May 22, 2007 7:08 am

Isn't that a nice paint job?  Sad
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Tue May 22, 2007 7:45 am

Typical airmass/seabreeze stuff along the coast...

KIAH 212123Z 13010KT 6SM BR FEW032 BKN100 OVC250 24/22 A2995 RMK AO2 TSE23RAE04 TS MOV NE P0000
KIAH 212053Z 13008KT 5SM -TSRA BKN024CB BKN037 BKN110 OVC250 23/21 A2995 RMK AO2 TSB34 SLP141 OCNL LTGIC OHD-E-N TS OHD-E-N MOV N P0010 60011 T02330206 56020
KIAH 212042Z 13014G19KT 5SM -TSRA BKN027CB BKN050 BKN110 OVC250 24/20 A2994 RMK AO2 TSB34 PRESFR OCNL LTGICCG W-NW TS W-NW MOV N P0008
KIAH 212034Z 16011G15KT 7SM TSRA SCT024CB BKN035 BKN100 OVC250 24/20 A2996 RMK AO2 TSB34 OCNL LTGIC VC NW TS VC NW MOV N P0007
KIAH 211953Z 15012G21KT 3SM RA FEW024 BKN035 OVC100 25/21 A2997 RMK AO2 RAB18 SLP149 P0001 T02500206
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Tue May 22, 2007 7:45 am

Weather all gone Tom, so no more diverts it looks like till tomorrow when we get to do it all over yet again!  Smile
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Tue May 22, 2007 8:33 pm

Quoting IAHFLYR (Reply 3):
Weather all gone Tom, so no more diverts it looks like till tomorrow when we get to do it all over yet again!

Funny you mention that:



Get your camera readyTom...  Wink
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Tue May 22, 2007 8:37 pm

Quoting OPNLguy (Reply 4):
Get your camera readyTom...

Oh for sure...gonna be fun with the fleet headed in from the east this morning.......bets on the diverts as this thing will sit overhead for sure!

MSY
SAT
AUS
CLL

Maybe even grace our friends to the north with a few CO/CO EX livery's!  Smile
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Tue May 22, 2007 9:04 pm

Quoting IAHFLYR (Reply 5):
Oh for sure...gonna be fun with the fleet headed in from the east this morning.......bets on the diverts as this thing will sit overhead for sure!

Maybe not, or at least not so bad. I see they have a ground stop in for IAH from 1st tiers, and HOU from ZHU/ZFW, so it looks like they probably captured most of the originating short and medium haul flights into the Houston area.
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Tue May 22, 2007 9:17 pm

Quoting OPNLguy (Reply 6):
I see they have a ground stop in for IAH from 1st tiers, and HOU from ZHU/ZFW, so it looks like they probably captured most of the originating short and medium haul flights into the Houston area.

The airport still had a rate of over 100 when I checked 20 minutes ago.....but those east coasters are going around the back of the weather over DFW and south over the Gulf!

Yippie.....rain just started with drops the size of silver dollars, bet the rate goes to hell now and hope the rate for AUS/SAT is way up!  Smile
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Tue May 22, 2007 9:22 pm

IAH and HOU ground stops were extended until 1300Z...

Impressive-looking bow echo pointed right at GLS, no?
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Tue May 22, 2007 9:42 pm

Looks like just lovely weather for the Dallas and Houston areas......headed the direction of Tom in MSY, very slowly!
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Tue May 22, 2007 10:07 pm

HOU stop cancelled, but IAH stop extended until 1400z, and also covers 2nd tier centers...
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Wed May 23, 2007 1:04 am

Looks like CO 781 (ANC-IAH) wound up in DFW this morning.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/COA781
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Wed May 23, 2007 1:09 am

Quoting Chugach (Reply 11):
Looks like CO 781 (ANC-IAH) wound up in DFW this morning.

Quite a few of the IAH airplanes ended up in places other than their planned destination......traffic count and some airports were higher this morning!  Smile
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Wed May 23, 2007 2:04 am

Quoting IAHFLYR (Reply 9):
headed the direction of Tom in MSY, very slowly!

We're used to the CO and WN diversions, but the ones that really get us going are the IAH Euro flights that divert in here every year or so (LH, KL, BA, and AF.....along with the occasional CO 777).

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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Wed May 23, 2007 4:04 am

Quoting Tom in NO (Reply 13):
We're used to the CO and WN diversions, but the ones that really get us going are the IAH Euro flights that divert in here every year or so (LH, KL, BA, and AF.....along with the occasional CO 777).

Tom at MSY

Why do the Euro flights divert to MSY when they don't have a presence there? In the case of BA, if IAH is inaccessible due to weather, why not divert to DFW, a city they actually serve? Or, if they know the weather at IAH is going to be bad, why not make an enroute diversion to ATL?

I can only guess that the specific nature of these storms means it is truly a last-minute decision.

Still, it must be nice to see the odd diversion equipment at MSY!
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Wed May 23, 2007 4:14 am

Quoting Richierich (Reply 14):
Why do the Euro flights divert to MSY when they don't have a presence there? In the case of BA, if IAH is inaccessible due to weather, why not divert to DFW, a city they actually serve? Or, if they know the weather at IAH is going to be bad, why not make an enroute diversion to ATL?

More like, why do they divert to MSY when it's going to get hit next by the storm? Most of these south eastern Texas storms are moving east, south east. Rarely do you see one going west. AUS can handle 777 traffic (rwy length).
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Wed May 23, 2007 4:20 am

Quoting CO777ER (Reply 15):
More like, why do they divert to MSY when it's going to get hit next by the storm? Most of these south eastern Texas storms are moving east, south east. Rarely do you see one going west. AUS can handle 777 traffic (rwy length).

Good point. Maybe they feel that they are in a better position to fly 'around' the storm front as it moves east?
I'm guessing stopping at ATL or DFW is not a "fuel and go" situation, and probably means they'll be on the ground 2 hours at a minimum. MSY must be quicker.
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Wed May 23, 2007 4:34 am

Had CO 72 (HNL - IAH) end up in SAT, wish I would have been there to see a 767-400 here.

http://flightaware.com/live/flight/COA72
A318 A319 A320 A321 717 722 732 733 735 737 738 739 752 762 763 772 DC9 DC10 DHC8 E120 E145 E170 MD80 MD90 F100 CRJ CR7 CR9
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Wed May 23, 2007 4:45 am

I was inbound from SLC to IAH this morning around 1400Z and ZHU gave us holding instructions to Rock Springs (I think that's the VOR) but then canceled the hold, thankfully. These daily thunderstorms get so darn annoying! Someone fix Houston, please.
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Wed May 23, 2007 5:15 am

Quoting Modesto2 (Reply 18):
Someone fix Houston, please.

Hey you behave now....it isn't like no other place in the world has weather that creates delays/diverts and more fun as that.

Quoting Modesto2 (Reply 18):
ZHU gave us holding instructions to Rock Springs (I think that's the VOR) but then canceled the hold, thankfully.



Quoting Richierich (Reply 14):
why not make an enroute diversion to ATL

For the very reason above I'd imagine.......almost 2 hrs away from IAH and things don't always require a divert 2 hrs out or even to be in holding, if the weather does something else from the forecast your in.

MSY is a good spot, I've actually spent quite a bit of time on the ground there everyone at the hardstand at the light pole waiting for gas!  Smile
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RE: IAH Weather...US(HP Paint)CR9 Diverts To MSY (pic)

Wed May 23, 2007 10:41 am

Quoting IAHFLYR (Reply 19):
Hey you behave now

Haha, Houston has world-class controllers and crappy weather.

How's life these days? I have my last 4-day out of IAH on May 27 and then transferring to LAX. Hope all is well! You guys haven't done anything bad to me lately...thanks!
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