I was there.
The weather was bad, the controllers wern't of any help, BUT it was so pedictable.
You need 15-20 min extra anyhow at that time and with the forecast it was clear you needed another 45min for weather.
I was amazed when I heard (amongst others) a KLM arriving on the approach frequency with 5 (yes 5 min) of extra fuel... Do you continue to your destination with 5 min extra when the ATIS says "heavy TS overhead, airport closed"???
People started diverting to ALC and VLC. After a while VLC was not available anymore because it was saturated. People had to divert as far as BCN.
When the airport reopened there was a nice tailwind causing some go arounds, so they changed runways.
We held for 1 hour and landed.
Last edited by sarah737; 27th Jul 2012 at 20:12.