Originally Posted by daz211
i would be also be intrested to know just how long and how bad the storm was
For about an hour and a half yesterday no aircraft could take off or land from STN. The storm sat directly overhead with the terminal being hit by lightning and also the north side copped one as well.
There were several aircraft that had taxi'd and just sat waiting on the taxiway's.
11 FR and several EZY inbound aircraft were diverted to other airports (BHX, LTN, MSE, LGW) This is what caused the cancellations, as they could not operate their next rotations. Most of them did not make it back to STN until after 10pm.
It certainly was the worst storm I have witnessed in this country also some of the old hands at STN reported never seeing a storm of that force at STN.