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Eye on the Sky: Air Travel Delays
Aired September 04, 2003 - 06:42 ET
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FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Well time to check in with our "Eye on the Sky" guy, Travelocity's Air Traffic Expert Rally Caparas. He's on the telephone with us this morning.
And any word on any flight delays this morning, Rally? Hopefully it's looking better than yesterday.
RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Good morning, Fredricka. Well, it got terrible yesterday. Speaking of yesterday, we saw two, three, four-hour delays, lots of cancellations in the northeast. The weather was just not cooperating.
And guess what, it looks like the day starts out that way for New York City and Philadelphia today. All the major metropolitan airports in those cities, 60-minute arrival and departure delays, low clouds, some fog in the early part of the day. And then later on, thunderstorm activity will fire up and it will keep those delays going, so not much improvement at those two major cities.
The D.C. Metros further south, they'll see 45-minute arrival and departure delays, low clouds and reduced visibility this morning. And then later on, they will also see en route thunderstorm activity limit flight routes into and out of those major airports, the three of them, Baltimore, Dulles and Reagan National.
Atlanta and Charlotte, 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays are likely throughout the day, morning low clouds, reduced visibility and some fog. And then later on, we will also be affected by en route thunderstorm activities limiting flight routes throughout the eastern -- about the eastern one-fifth of the country as it's restricted to basically the East Coast states.
Tampa, Orlando, Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports all delay free at the moment, but the tropical depression is forming off the west coast of Florida. It's going to move on shore. It will create 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays. Scattered thunderstorm activity off and on once it starts around noon Eastern Time.
And then finally you need to go all the way across country to San Francisco International. Low clouds, marine layer fog will create 30 to 45-minute arrival delays only until about noon Pacific Time, then it burns off nicely for on-time schedules thereafter.
Fredricka, not much of an improvement for the East Coast, but the rest of the country is looking pretty much fantastic today. I'll be back tomorrow morning with the latest "Eye on the Sky." Back to you.
WHITFIELD: All right, fly west. Thanks very much, Rally.
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Aired September 4, 2003 - 06:42 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
FREDRICKA WHITFIELD, CNN ANCHOR: Well time to check in with our "Eye on the Sky" guy, Travelocity's Air Traffic Expert Rally Caparas. He's on the telephone with us this morning.
And any word on any flight delays this morning, Rally? Hopefully it's looking better than yesterday.
RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Good morning, Fredricka. Well, it got terrible yesterday. Speaking of yesterday, we saw two, three, four-hour delays, lots of cancellations in the northeast. The weather was just not cooperating.
And guess what, it looks like the day starts out that way for New York City and Philadelphia today. All the major metropolitan airports in those cities, 60-minute arrival and departure delays, low clouds, some fog in the early part of the day. And then later on, thunderstorm activity will fire up and it will keep those delays going, so not much improvement at those two major cities.
The D.C. Metros further south, they'll see 45-minute arrival and departure delays, low clouds and reduced visibility this morning. And then later on, they will also see en route thunderstorm activity limit flight routes into and out of those major airports, the three of them, Baltimore, Dulles and Reagan National.
Atlanta and Charlotte, 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays are likely throughout the day, morning low clouds, reduced visibility and some fog. And then later on, we will also be affected by en route thunderstorm activities limiting flight routes throughout the eastern -- about the eastern one-fifth of the country as it's restricted to basically the East Coast states.
Tampa, Orlando, Miami and Fort Lauderdale airports all delay free at the moment, but the tropical depression is forming off the west coast of Florida. It's going to move on shore. It will create 30 to 45-minute arrival and departure delays. Scattered thunderstorm activity off and on once it starts around noon Eastern Time.
And then finally you need to go all the way across country to San Francisco International. Low clouds, marine layer fog will create 30 to 45-minute arrival delays only until about noon Pacific Time, then it burns off nicely for on-time schedules thereafter.
Fredricka, not much of an improvement for the East Coast, but the rest of the country is looking pretty much fantastic today. I'll be back tomorrow morning with the latest "Eye on the Sky." Back to you.
WHITFIELD: All right, fly west. Thanks very much, Rally.
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