Travel Advise Due to travel in bad weather?

[casey1779]

Hi all slightly concerned flying from BHX tomorrow mid afternoon and the forecast is heavy rain for long periods. Any one there that can reassure with regards to flight operations in such weather. Cheers worried that the flight will be cancelled if the rains too heavy

 

[Scottie Dog]

Firstly @casey1779 welcome to F4A. I honestly don't think that anybody can give you a categorical answer, however these are my thoughts.

If will sepend upon whether the inbound flight is affected by weather. It is more likely to be arrivals that are delayed weather. Should your inbound aircraft have to divert, then there may well be a lengthy delay to departures.

Assuming that your aircraft has arrived then I would think that, if the weather's bad, there may be a delay to our departure, however should be limited

I hope this helps and I'm sure that there are others on the Birmingham forum, who will be able to assist.

 

[Aviador]

Rain on its own would rearly impact flights unless it were extreme and torrential when a captain might decide to hold off a landing or departure.

There is a strong wind forecast for tomorrow evening and through the night into Monday which might have more on an impact on later flights but that isn't expected to impact BHX until after 10pm.

So on balance I wouldn't get overly worried about your flight tomorrow, I'm sure everything will be fine.

 

[BHX492]

Don’t worry about your flight tomorrow. As a former crew member, I’ve flown through storms and weather just like what’s in the forecast. Airline operations teams are already planning for it, with extra crew on standby and special systems in place to ensure minimal delays and on-time departures. If the weather is too bad for landing at BHX, the aircraft will land at another airport until the weather clears.

 

[casey1779]

Thanks guys reassuring let’s hope the flight at 3pm goes ahead as planned