Originally Posted by
Council Van
From tomorrow's TAF.
Prob 30 Tempo 1509/1518 4000 FZRA
If this happens no one will be going any place with the resulting crap hold over times and the airports inability to de/anti-ice anything.
Be careful out there in your Turbo Props People.
Time to revisit the effects of tail plane icing.
Freezing rain goes well beyond any airport deicing ability. Runways / taxiways might be ok but the aircraft absolutely won't - regardless of how much (or how recently) they have been anti-iced, it's an absolute no-no as I understand it. I'm happy to be corrected if there are any pilots on here who could confirm a scenario in which they'd be happy to start, taxi and depart during freezing rain conditions.