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Eye on the Sky: Air Travel Delays

Aired July 01, 2003 - 06:40   ET

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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Are you heading out to catch a flight? Tropical Depression Bill could put a damper on your travel plans and your patience.
Let's get the latest from Travelocity's air traffic expert Rally Caparas live on the line now.

OK, Rally, hit us.

RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: All right, Carol.

Well, folks, it's going to be a very slow commute, especially if you're flying today in the southeast. The D.C. Metros and Charlotte, you'll start the day out delay free, but low clouds and rain will move into the area and you could see an isolated thunderstorm or two so expect 30 to 45-minute arrival delays. Departures should be OK, but the low clouds and rain will create IFR conditions and that'll slow arrivals mostly throughout the day.

Atlanta Hartsfield, all day long lots of rain, lots of clouds, isolated thunderstorm activity means 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays and that's going to last into tomorrow.

Tampa and Orlando, much like yesterday, they'll be delay free for most of the day. Then later on during the evening rush, about 4:00 to 8:00 Eastern Time, you can expect 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays as they'll see some limited routes due to low clouds and thunderstorm activity.

Miami and Fort Lauderdale, they shouldn't see any thunderstorm activity, but they're still trying to implement the STARS, the new radar system that'll make things much more efficient throughout the United States, air traffic control system. And until then, it'll be 30-minute arrival and departure delays as we saw yesterday.

Houston's George Bush, delay free there, and it'll stay that way until the evening rush there Central Time. And you can expect 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays as isolated thunderstorms pop up along the Gulf Coast.

And then finally on the West Coast, San Francisco International, once again, the marine layer fog will roll in. It should burn off by about noon Pacific Time. But until then, expect 30 to 45-minute arrival delays and then we'll see on-time schedules after noon.

That'll wrap it up for me this morning. I'll be back tomorrow morning in the studio with you -- Carol.

COSTELLO: All right, we look forward to it. Rally Caparas, many thanks.

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Aired July 1, 2003 - 06:40   ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Are you heading out to catch a flight? Tropical Depression Bill could put a damper on your travel plans and your patience.
Let's get the latest from Travelocity's air traffic expert Rally Caparas live on the line now.

OK, Rally, hit us.

RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: All right, Carol.

Well, folks, it's going to be a very slow commute, especially if you're flying today in the southeast. The D.C. Metros and Charlotte, you'll start the day out delay free, but low clouds and rain will move into the area and you could see an isolated thunderstorm or two so expect 30 to 45-minute arrival delays. Departures should be OK, but the low clouds and rain will create IFR conditions and that'll slow arrivals mostly throughout the day.

Atlanta Hartsfield, all day long lots of rain, lots of clouds, isolated thunderstorm activity means 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays and that's going to last into tomorrow.

Tampa and Orlando, much like yesterday, they'll be delay free for most of the day. Then later on during the evening rush, about 4:00 to 8:00 Eastern Time, you can expect 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays as they'll see some limited routes due to low clouds and thunderstorm activity.

Miami and Fort Lauderdale, they shouldn't see any thunderstorm activity, but they're still trying to implement the STARS, the new radar system that'll make things much more efficient throughout the United States, air traffic control system. And until then, it'll be 30-minute arrival and departure delays as we saw yesterday.

Houston's George Bush, delay free there, and it'll stay that way until the evening rush there Central Time. And you can expect 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays as isolated thunderstorms pop up along the Gulf Coast.

And then finally on the West Coast, San Francisco International, once again, the marine layer fog will roll in. It should burn off by about noon Pacific Time. But until then, expect 30 to 45-minute arrival delays and then we'll see on-time schedules after noon.

That'll wrap it up for me this morning. I'll be back tomorrow morning in the studio with you -- Carol.

COSTELLO: All right, we look forward to it. Rally Caparas, many thanks.

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