KIAH and KHOU closed due to Hurricane Harvey
I'm sure it'll be NOTAMed, but Intercontinental Airport Houston (KIAH/IAH) has been closed through at least noon on Monday. Hobby Airport (KHOU/HOU) is closed until at least 08:00 Wednesday due to flooded runways and nearby roads. Harvey has been "downgraded" to a tropical storm but remains as a nasty rainmaker that just doesn't want to go anywhere. Not a good deal for a low-lying area with poor drainage with soil that is already saturated with more than a foot of water.
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What does this do to air traffic all over the country? Hobby and IAH are significant hubs for numerous airlines, and Southwest certainly runs a lot of traffic through Hobby. (It was out 'Hub' last week in our trip to Chicago.)
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OIS -- closures at the right bottom.
notams: !IAH 08/280 IAH AD AP CLSD EXC MILITARY/RELIEF FLTS 1708281421-1708311700EST !HOU 08/117 HOU AD AP CLSD EXC FOR EMERG RESPONSE ACFT VMC ONLY 1708272127-1708301300 |
FAA has closed both airports until further notice.
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Some bean counter with that super sharp pencil trying to get in one more revenue fight before pulling the plug.
How many millions is lost by LUV with their 10 planes stranded at HOU and for how long?!?!?! Southwest flies stranded Houston customers out of flooded airport - CNN Click on the photo for runway 4/22 - https://twitter.com/FotiABC13/status/901874109189148672 |
Bush Intercontinental Airport will likely be closed until noon Thursday, according to the Federal Aviation Administration's website.
Hobby Airport will likely remain closed until 8 a.m. Wednesday, the FAA reported. All commercial service was suspended at both airports on Sunday. |
Originally Posted by ExXB
Harvey has been "downgraded" to a tropical storm but remains as a nasty rainmaker that just doesn't want to go anywhere. Not a good deal for a low-lying area with poor drainage with soil that is already saturated with more than a foot of water
The damage by Harvey might equal or exceed Katrina. |
Originally Posted by Halfnut
(Post 9875494)
Some bean counter with that super sharp pencil trying to get in one more revenue fight before pulling the plug.
How many millions is lost by LUV with their 10 planes stranded at HOU and for how long?!?!?! Southwest flies stranded Houston customers out of flooded airport - CNN Getting those five planes out of HOU seems like a double win. The stranded passengers got out (less work for the emergency services too), and Southwest got their planes out to use elsewhere. I'm surprised that Southwest didn't fly out their other 10 planes too, full or empty, though maybe they didn't have crews available. It always surprises me (sitting at a safe distance) that people leave their planes, small and big, in the path of well-forecast hurricanes, rather than flying them out to safety. |
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