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Eye on the Sky: Air Travel Delays
Aired April 29, 2003 - 06:44 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: If you plan to head for the airport in an hour or so, don't leave just yet, we want to check in with Travelocity's air traffic expert Rally Caparas who always has his "Eye on the Sky."
Rally, how's everything this morning?
RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Good morning, Carol. Well, we've had a pretty gentle spring so far. It's supposed to be severe weather season, but thunderstorm activity has been very mild, and it looks like it's going to continue for today.
Philadelphia and the D.C. Metros this morning will be delay free; but later on this afternoon and evening, we'll start to see some of those thunderstorms slip into the East Coast. And I think it's probably the first time this spring that we've seen that. Thirty to 45-minute arrival and departure delays are likely in the p.m. up in that region.
Miami and Fort Lauderdale, they see it every day, sporadic 30- minute arrival and departure delays. Scattered thunderstorms off and on all day with the convective heating, that'll slow you down just a short bit.
Cincinnati-Covington this morning, they're having some low clouds and fog, poor visibility. About two miles of visibility, that means 30-minute arrival delays early. And then thunderstorm activity is going to skirt the area later on this afternoon limiting flight routes to keep those short delays going there.
St. Louis Lambert Airport, they're seeing 30 to 45-minute arrival delays this morning due to the same kind of conditions. They have about a mile of visibility, very little visibility looking down the runway, due to fog and low clouds. And then later on this afternoon and evening, thunderstorm activity will flare up in the region, blocking some flight routes, keeping those delays going.
Dallas-Fort Worth, they're delay free for just about the entire day. Then around the late evening rush period, around 7:00 p.m. Central Time, they'll start to see 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays. Some clouds, rain and thunderstorm activity will start to block routes there.
And then finally on the West Coast, San Francisco International, they'll see 30 to 45-minute arrival delays for flights after 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, that's for arrivals into San Fran. Low clouds, rain, poor visibility and then, as we told you yesterday, runway one right will be closed until May 17. It shouldn't affect things much because the wind is out of the southeast today; but when it shifts around, it could cause some problems there.
I'll be back tomorrow morning with the latest from Travelocity's "Eye on the Sky." Carol, have a great day. Back to you.
COSTELLO: You too, we look forward to it. Rally Caparas, many thanks.
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Aired April 29, 2003 - 06:44 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: If you plan to head for the airport in an hour or so, don't leave just yet, we want to check in with Travelocity's air traffic expert Rally Caparas who always has his "Eye on the Sky."
Rally, how's everything this morning?
RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Good morning, Carol. Well, we've had a pretty gentle spring so far. It's supposed to be severe weather season, but thunderstorm activity has been very mild, and it looks like it's going to continue for today.
Philadelphia and the D.C. Metros this morning will be delay free; but later on this afternoon and evening, we'll start to see some of those thunderstorms slip into the East Coast. And I think it's probably the first time this spring that we've seen that. Thirty to 45-minute arrival and departure delays are likely in the p.m. up in that region.
Miami and Fort Lauderdale, they see it every day, sporadic 30- minute arrival and departure delays. Scattered thunderstorms off and on all day with the convective heating, that'll slow you down just a short bit.
Cincinnati-Covington this morning, they're having some low clouds and fog, poor visibility. About two miles of visibility, that means 30-minute arrival delays early. And then thunderstorm activity is going to skirt the area later on this afternoon limiting flight routes to keep those short delays going there.
St. Louis Lambert Airport, they're seeing 30 to 45-minute arrival delays this morning due to the same kind of conditions. They have about a mile of visibility, very little visibility looking down the runway, due to fog and low clouds. And then later on this afternoon and evening, thunderstorm activity will flare up in the region, blocking some flight routes, keeping those delays going.
Dallas-Fort Worth, they're delay free for just about the entire day. Then around the late evening rush period, around 7:00 p.m. Central Time, they'll start to see 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays. Some clouds, rain and thunderstorm activity will start to block routes there.
And then finally on the West Coast, San Francisco International, they'll see 30 to 45-minute arrival delays for flights after 10:00 a.m. Pacific Time, that's for arrivals into San Fran. Low clouds, rain, poor visibility and then, as we told you yesterday, runway one right will be closed until May 17. It shouldn't affect things much because the wind is out of the southeast today; but when it shifts around, it could cause some problems there.
I'll be back tomorrow morning with the latest from Travelocity's "Eye on the Sky." Carol, have a great day. Back to you.
COSTELLO: You too, we look forward to it. Rally Caparas, many thanks.
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