My boyfriends flight is due in Thursday night at 11:00. He is flying with one stop in Chicago. The weather forcast says its going to rain. Do airlines cancel or delay a flight b/c of rain? If they delay, for how long?
2006-12-18 05:16:43 · 10 answers · asked by ricksgrl2005 3 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
Unless the rain is REALLY, REALLY bad, you can just expect a few delays.
However, since he's flying through Chicago, just thougt that you might want to know that during the holiday season, (LGA (New York City - La Guardia) and) ORD (Chicago - O'Hare) have more delays than any other airports in the country, so you can expect delays anyway. For a while, my Dad was commuting between the cities, and on the return flight (AA; ORD is one of their hubs), which was supposed to land around 7:30 PM, he usually landed around 8:30 or later.
2006-12-18 07:43:32 · answer #1 · answered by Joshua Z 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The airlines do not cancel flights due to weather. That is the Air Traffic Controllers that cancel and delay flights. Flights mostly get cancelled due to fog, wind, snow. If it is rain, it depends on further weather conditions.
2006-12-18 09:47:58 · answer #2 · answered by msflightatt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Rain won't canel a flight. However low ceilings (how low the clouds are), fog, strong wind and lightning can delay or cancel a flight. If its just rain there should be no problem, but if a storm is expected anything can happen.
2006-12-18 11:01:11 · answer #3 · answered by apuleuis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Airlines only ever cancel for bad wether. When they say bad wether, they mean if it is dangerous for flying. Rain is not dangeous. He may be 10 mintitues delayed at the latest!
2006-12-18 12:54:41 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They won't cancel a flight because of rain. It may be delayed, but not unless it's really nasty out.
2006-12-18 05:19:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
they pretty much fly on visual until the F.A.A. SAYS to fly on instruments then airports like San Francisco and Newark it really delayed because there schedule is for perfect weather too many planes not enough space on the ground
2006-12-18 05:39:19 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not if it is just raining. They will, however, delay flights due to severe thunderstorms.
2006-12-18 05:25:47 · answer #7 · answered by PRS 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not unless it's a major storm.
If they delay, it'll be until the weather is better,
2006-12-18 05:24:37 · answer #8 · answered by Bobbie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sometimes if it is bad and they cannot see.
2006-12-18 05:22:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
no they wont
2006-12-18 08:41:44 · answer #10 · answered by Sxoxo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋