I am going to travel to New York over the summer and I must be there at a certain time, and if there happen to be a delay with the airplane, how long will I have to wait at the most, or is the time unpredictable?
2007-04-08 20:59:39 · 7 answers · asked by hello 1 in Travel ➔ Air Travel
I agree that you should be there the day before if it is absolutely imperative that you make your appointment. Saying that delays only last 2 hours at most is not true. I have been delayed for 5 hours before waiting to get into JFK due to the weather in the NYC area. Delays into New York are common so leave yourself plenty of time. There is so much air traffic coming in there and very little airspace. Throw in one thunderstorm and things really get backed up quickly. It doesn't even have to be bad weather at your arrival airport for it to affect you. If planes are deviating around the weather, it is going to slow down all of the flights into the NYC area.
My advice, go the day prior.
2007-04-09 01:57:01 · answer #1 · answered by IFlyGuy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Before you go to the airport their should be a certain number that you could call or go on the airlines website and type your flight information in and they will tell you weather your flight is going to be departing on time, changes to the flight departure time and information if your flight is going to be delayed or not. Most of the time its just a technical if the flight does become delayed sometimes it could be 2 hours - 1 day. But if it is longer the airline will offer you vouchers for free food, refreshments and sometime offer to get you hotel room on them for the night because of the delay.
2007-04-09 04:23:58 · answer #2 · answered by stargirl 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How important is it for you to be there at that exact time? Travel the day before if it is absolutely necessary, but for the most part delays don't last longer than 2 hours. As long as the weather is good you should have no reason to worry about delays.
2007-04-09 00:09:57 · answer #3 · answered by nutwpinut 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's unpredictable. let's say you need to be there on monday, so you decide to book one day earlier and get there sunday. come sunday, there's a storm and your flight is canceled. by then, the monday flights are full and you can't get on until tuesday. you would have been better off booking for monday.
i agree with giving yourself more time, but just remember it's still unpredictable.
2007-04-09 02:33:15 · answer #4 · answered by averagebear 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-12-20 09:32:56 · answer #5 · answered by ? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tip to an obviously-new flyer... if you REALLY need to be there at a certain time, arrive the day before.
You can't predict delays.
2007-04-08 22:47:42 · answer #6 · answered by IceTrojan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well sometimes hours or even day/s. Basically its unpredictable because it depends on the scenario.
2007-04-08 21:09:41 · answer #7 · answered by David 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋