Originally Posted by
Daz80
BRS closed pretty much constantly from 2000z last night until much later today.
LPL, MAN and BFS closed last week for a good 2-3+ hrs at times due to snow clearance.
Yet we all fly into airports around the continent that manage to stay open with a mix of chemical de-icing and snow clearance procedures that only take 30mins or less.
When are we going to accept that snow actually happens and we need to prepare for it?
From what I hear BRS pretty much had snow non stop most of the morning into lunchtime, maybe even later. That coupled with having adequate equipment for our climate and how often we get snow, it's pretty much a losing battle when the snow is still coming. Don't forget BRS is on top of a hill and is an Airfield originally desgined as a bad weather training airfield.
BRS reopened in the early evening but the Airlines had already cancelled pretty much every flight for the rest of the day, with the exception of EI and the evening inbound KLM.
Questions are now being asked by the public why they couldn't operate some flights from other Airports. There were EZY aircraft in BHX and CWL. KLM did operate the AM flight from CWL and BM had an aircraft in SOU and BHX. Frustrations were probably a lot high because of the increased rugby travellers.
When are we going to accept that snow actually happens and we need to prepare for it?
Yes, it does, probably once a year though.