question regarding airline traffic and hurricanes

[jjfl]

My wife and I are scheduled to fly out of Ft Lauderdale airport Friday evening at 7:30. We are headed to Denver for vacation. What affects may Charlie have on commercial airline traffic leaving sout florida??? At what point do they begin cancelling flights? Any comments are much appreciated.

Joe

[jjfl]

any thoughts?

[HURAKAN]

jjfl, at this moment the only I can say is that cancelation or delays are probably likely, but all will depend where Charley will be located at that moment. Wish you luck and hope for the best!

[weatherSnoop]

jjfl, It will usually depend on the winds: strength and direction. If you can take off safely, you can run around the issues...if the winds are not safe at the airport you might be delayed. The jury is still out, but from the current models, ya might be okay, but a little easterly jog could change that...Keep watching

[vbhoutex]

To early to tell if Ft. Lauderdale will be directly affected. Personally I would call the airline and ask what their policy is in these situations.

[jjfl]

thanks for the advice... I will be in touch with the airline tomorrow. This is a great board...Lots of very good information and very little bickering! That is fairly difficult to find these days.

Joe

[john186292]

Hi,
My guess and it is only a guess.. is that it would vary from year to year as equipment improves, and as insurance policies on airlines also vary.. these latter much more suddenly and sometimes without telling customers.. as in the State Farm co. cancelling earthquake insurance for CA prior to a quake some yrs back, and not telling policyholders {according to a sixty minutes program}.

I suggest you ask the airport, and also the airline... they may have different guidelines for stopping activity. In human affairs, things generally become less reliable as storms interfere.
best wishes.

[vbhoutex]

Thanks for the kudos Joe. We try hard to keep it that way. Welcome to Storm2k!!