April 15th, 2007

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Nor’easter brings delays, winds, and turbulence

Winter still does not want to let go, with a strong Nor’easter causing long delays and very rough take offs and landings in the East Coast. Flight delays as of this writing:

# Due to WX/LOW CIGS/WIND, departure traffic destined to Newark International Airport, Newark, NJ (EWR) is currently experiencing delays averaging 1 hour and 58 minutes.
# Due to WX/LOW CIGS/WIND, departure traffic destined to John F Kennedy International Airport, New York, NY (JFK) is currently experiencing delays averaging 4 hours and 42 minutes.
# Due to WX/LOW CIGS/WIND, departure traffic destined to La Guardia Airport, New York, NY (LGA) is currently experiencing delays averaging 2 hours and 12 minutes.
# Due to WX/LOW CIGS/ WIND, departure traffic destined to Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA (PHL) is currently experiencing delays averaging 1 hour and 4 minutes.

A CRJ2 at JFK airport reported speed variations of +40kts/-30kts during climb on runway 13. This variation means that the plane experienced variations in speed of up to 40mph as it took off.

April 15th, 2007 Nor'easter Radar Image

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