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Eye on the Sky: Air Travel Delays
Aired October 24, 2003 - 06:44 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: So the Concorde will take off just about an hour from now. And of course we will have that for you live.
Pretty exciting, isn't it?
RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Yes.
COSTELLO: It is exciting.
CAPARAS: Well, I've...
COSTELLO: It's sad and exciting at the same time.
CAPARAS: I -- yes, yes. There were a lot of people complaining about that thing at the beginning remember with all the noise and all that up around Washington and the rest?
COSTELLO: Yes.
CAPARAS: But anyway.
COSTELLO: Now they are complaining about the cost and they are going to retire it. So, but we digress.
CAPARAS: Well, it was fun while it lasted, I guess.
Anyway, folks, today, delays. There are going to be some delays for sure, not anything major, however. The skies are going to be beautiful on the East Coast, so great conditions for the Concorde to be flying today.
Newark and LaGuardia, however, 30 to 45-minute arrival delays will be a problem all day long. Strong gusting winds out of the northwest. Runway configurations don't bode well, as we've been telling you all week long, hence, you'll have some arrival delays only. Just arrival delays, so not too bad, and they are only short to moderate so nothing really to worry about there.
But from Philadelphia all the way down to Miami, Florida, absolutely beautiful conditions, excellent flight conditions for you. No problems whatsoever.
Up in Chicago, Chicago O'Hare, the Windy City, won't be so windy, but they will have plenty of low clouds and rain later on this afternoon and evening. That wet or the wet runways cause a problem for their land and hold short procedures. They won't be able to do that today. So they are going to have to slow the arrival rate, the hourly arrival rate. Expect 45 to 60-minute arrival delays basically from about 3:00 until 9:00 p.m. Central Time, not good news there.
On the West Coast, only Los Angeles International will see any problems whatsoever. Right now they have about three-quarters of a mile visibility because of the fog. It will stick around until about 11:00 or 12:00 Central -- I'm sorry, Pacific Time. Until then, expect 30 to 45-minute arrival delays.
Outside of that an absolutely beautiful day to fly.
COSTELLO: OK, sounds great.
CAPARAS: I'll be back on Monday morning.
COSTELLO: Thank you, Rally, we appreciate it.
CAPARAS: Sure.
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Aired October 24, 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: So the Concorde will take off just about an hour from now. And of course we will have that for you live.
Pretty exciting, isn't it?
RALLY CAPARAS, AIR TRAFFIC SPECIALIST, TRAVELOCITY.COM: Yes.
COSTELLO: It is exciting.
CAPARAS: Well, I've...
COSTELLO: It's sad and exciting at the same time.
CAPARAS: I -- yes, yes. There were a lot of people complaining about that thing at the beginning remember with all the noise and all that up around Washington and the rest?
COSTELLO: Yes.
CAPARAS: But anyway.
COSTELLO: Now they are complaining about the cost and they are going to retire it. So, but we digress.
CAPARAS: Well, it was fun while it lasted, I guess.
Anyway, folks, today, delays. There are going to be some delays for sure, not anything major, however. The skies are going to be beautiful on the East Coast, so great conditions for the Concorde to be flying today.
Newark and LaGuardia, however, 30 to 45-minute arrival delays will be a problem all day long. Strong gusting winds out of the northwest. Runway configurations don't bode well, as we've been telling you all week long, hence, you'll have some arrival delays only. Just arrival delays, so not too bad, and they are only short to moderate so nothing really to worry about there.
But from Philadelphia all the way down to Miami, Florida, absolutely beautiful conditions, excellent flight conditions for you. No problems whatsoever.
Up in Chicago, Chicago O'Hare, the Windy City, won't be so windy, but they will have plenty of low clouds and rain later on this afternoon and evening. That wet or the wet runways cause a problem for their land and hold short procedures. They won't be able to do that today. So they are going to have to slow the arrival rate, the hourly arrival rate. Expect 45 to 60-minute arrival delays basically from about 3:00 until 9:00 p.m. Central Time, not good news there.
On the West Coast, only Los Angeles International will see any problems whatsoever. Right now they have about three-quarters of a mile visibility because of the fog. It will stick around until about 11:00 or 12:00 Central -- I'm sorry, Pacific Time. Until then, expect 30 to 45-minute arrival delays.
Outside of that an absolutely beautiful day to fly.
COSTELLO: OK, sounds great.
CAPARAS: I'll be back on Monday morning.
COSTELLO: Thank you, Rally, we appreciate it.
CAPARAS: Sure.
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