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Eye on the Sky: Air Travel Delays
Aired June 26, 2003 - 06:44 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Heading to the airport this morning, are you, well hold on, Rally Caparas is live on the line right now to tell us about possible flight delays.
Good morning -- Rally.
RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Good morning, Carol.
Well, it looks like we're going to see for the first time this year a fourth consecutive day of delay-free conditions and schedules at airports from Boston down to Orlando and all the major airports in between. But guess what, tomorrow it changes right in time -- right on time for Friday, one of the busier days of the week for flying. So tune in tomorrow, we'll have news about that.
Miami and Fort Lauderdale in South Florida, mostly delay free, but they will see sporadic 30-minute arrival and departure delays as seasonal thunderstorms kick up, as usual, for this time of the year.
Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati-Covington airports around the Great Lakes region, they'll be delay free. But later on this afternoon and evening, low clouds, rain and thunderstorms will likely force 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays as routes become limited into and out of those major airports.
Chicago O'Hare, 30 to 45-minute arrival delays this morning are likely because of low clouds, some visibility problems and strong gusting winds. And then later on, the weather starts to develop east of the airport and that will create delays due to en route thunderstorms blocking routes into and out of Chicago.
St. Louis Lambert, you'll see 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays. En route thunderstorms to and from the east will be the problem so flights headed eastbound or arriving from the east to St. Louis will be the ones delayed there.
And Dallas-Fort Worth, you'll see 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays. Lots of low clouds, rain, thunderstorm activity, limited routes, mostly during the p.m. hours, however.
But as usual, the western half of the United States is looking great, and it looks like it'll stay that way tomorrow.
I'll be back in the morning with the latest from Travelocity's "Eye on the Sky." Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: All right. Many thanks, Rally Caparas, live on the line with us this morning.
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Aired June 26, 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: Heading to the airport this morning, are you, well hold on, Rally Caparas is live on the line right now to tell us about possible flight delays.
Good morning -- Rally.
RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Good morning, Carol.
Well, it looks like we're going to see for the first time this year a fourth consecutive day of delay-free conditions and schedules at airports from Boston down to Orlando and all the major airports in between. But guess what, tomorrow it changes right in time -- right on time for Friday, one of the busier days of the week for flying. So tune in tomorrow, we'll have news about that.
Miami and Fort Lauderdale in South Florida, mostly delay free, but they will see sporadic 30-minute arrival and departure delays as seasonal thunderstorms kick up, as usual, for this time of the year.
Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh and Cincinnati-Covington airports around the Great Lakes region, they'll be delay free. But later on this afternoon and evening, low clouds, rain and thunderstorms will likely force 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays as routes become limited into and out of those major airports.
Chicago O'Hare, 30 to 45-minute arrival delays this morning are likely because of low clouds, some visibility problems and strong gusting winds. And then later on, the weather starts to develop east of the airport and that will create delays due to en route thunderstorms blocking routes into and out of Chicago.
St. Louis Lambert, you'll see 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays. En route thunderstorms to and from the east will be the problem so flights headed eastbound or arriving from the east to St. Louis will be the ones delayed there.
And Dallas-Fort Worth, you'll see 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays. Lots of low clouds, rain, thunderstorm activity, limited routes, mostly during the p.m. hours, however.
But as usual, the western half of the United States is looking great, and it looks like it'll stay that way tomorrow.
I'll be back in the morning with the latest from Travelocity's "Eye on the Sky." Carol, back to you.
COSTELLO: All right. Many thanks, Rally Caparas, live on the line with us this morning.
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