Global Weather & Climate Center
  • Home
  • About
    • GWCC Is
    • Where in the World is GWCC?
    • Contact Us
  • Global Regions
    • Africa
    • Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea
    • Central and Eastern Pacific Ocean
    • Central and South America
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Indian Ocean and Asia
    • Polar Regions
    • South Pacific Ocean and Australia
    • Western Pacific Ocean
  • Weather
    • Applied Meteorology >
      • Air Quality
      • Aviation
      • Droughts
      • Fire Weather
      • Flooding
      • Geosciences
      • Global Environmental Topics
      • Weather Observations
    • Weather Education
    • Weather History
    • Weather Research
    • Weather Safety and Preparedness
    • Severe Weather
    • Social Sciences
    • Space Weather
    • Tropical Cyclones
    • Weather and Health
    • Winter Weather
  • Climate
  • GWCC Global Imagery Archive
  • GWCC Window to the World
    • GOES-16 Live Satellite Imagery Portal
    • GOES-16 ABI Channel Description and Examples
    • GOES-16 ABI Satellite Products
    • GOES-17 Live Satellite Imagery Portal
    • Himawari-8 Live Satellite Imagery Portal
    • Meteosat-11 Live Satellite Imagery Portal
  • Kids Corner
    • Kindergarten to 5th Grade
    • 6th to 12th grade
    • Fun Facts & Weather Trivia
    • GWCC Weather Radar Education
    • GWCC Wheel of Science

North America Weather and Climate Topics

Harvey to cause major airport delays nationwide (Credit: NOAA/Satellite Products and Services Division)

8/25/2017

0 Comments

 
Picture
DISCUSSION: As Hurricane Harvey hits the Texas coast, not only is flooding and heavy rains a major concern on the roadways, it is also a major concern at many airports. Houston will be among the firsts as Houston-Hobby and Houston Bush Intercontinental will be affected heavily as they are the hubs for Southwest and United Airlines respectively. Also, Dallas-Ft. Worth, one of the busiest airports in the United States as well as the biggest hub for American Airlines will be affected along with Dallas-Love where Southwest has a smaller focus city operation. Smaller airports including Austin-Bergstrom will also be affected due to the operations there.  
The main reason that many of these airports are going to be closed and have many flight cancellations are due to very high winds as well as thunderstorms which would make it hard for planes to land and takeoff in. These conditions also would make it unsafe for the bag handlers and those working at the gate because they could get injured or killed due to these conditions. Also, the heavy rains would make it hard for planes to brake when landing because of the slick runways and could possibly get into an accident.  In addition, the winds would make it hard for planes to takeoff especially when the winds at airports with only parallel runways such as Dallas-Ft. Worth will make it impossible to takeoff safely without being blown off course or even tipped over. In addition, there is a huge risk of heavy turbulence which would make it hard for planes to fly smoothly as well as downdrafts which have been known to create accidents.
Harvey is having a big effect nationwide on flights as much of the nation’s largest airlines would be without a good number of their fleets which are grounded in cities like Houston and Dallas, as well as not being able to get planes to cover some routes which are needed at other airports. 
​
To learn more about this and other high-impact weather events occurring across North America, be sure to click here!
​
© 2017 Meteorologist JP Kalb
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Archives

    March 2022
    April 2020
    February 2020
    January 2020
    December 2019
    October 2019
    September 2019
    August 2019
    July 2019
    June 2019
    May 2019
    April 2019
    February 2019
    December 2018
    November 2018
    October 2018
    September 2018
    July 2018
    June 2018
    April 2018
    March 2018
    February 2018
    January 2018
    December 2017
    October 2017
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    June 2017
    May 2017
    April 2017
    March 2017
    February 2017
    January 2017
    December 2016
    November 2016
    October 2016
    September 2016
    August 2016
    July 2016
    June 2016
    May 2016
    April 2016
    March 2016
    February 2016
    January 2016


    RSS Feed

© 2022, Global Weather and Climate Center
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
​Webmaster - Stephen Piechowski
  • Home
  • About
    • GWCC Is
    • Where in the World is GWCC?
    • Contact Us
  • Global Regions
    • Africa
    • Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea
    • Central and Eastern Pacific Ocean
    • Central and South America
    • Europe
    • North America
    • Indian Ocean and Asia
    • Polar Regions
    • South Pacific Ocean and Australia
    • Western Pacific Ocean
  • Weather
    • Applied Meteorology >
      • Air Quality
      • Aviation
      • Droughts
      • Fire Weather
      • Flooding
      • Geosciences
      • Global Environmental Topics
      • Weather Observations
    • Weather Education
    • Weather History
    • Weather Research
    • Weather Safety and Preparedness
    • Severe Weather
    • Social Sciences
    • Space Weather
    • Tropical Cyclones
    • Weather and Health
    • Winter Weather
  • Climate
  • GWCC Global Imagery Archive
  • GWCC Window to the World
    • GOES-16 Live Satellite Imagery Portal
    • GOES-16 ABI Channel Description and Examples
    • GOES-16 ABI Satellite Products
    • GOES-17 Live Satellite Imagery Portal
    • Himawari-8 Live Satellite Imagery Portal
    • Meteosat-11 Live Satellite Imagery Portal
  • Kids Corner
    • Kindergarten to 5th Grade
    • 6th to 12th grade
    • Fun Facts & Weather Trivia
    • GWCC Weather Radar Education
    • GWCC Wheel of Science