Texas Weather

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn)
06/02/2016 at 11:28 • Filed to: planelopnik

My parents are flying in for the weekend, and this is their route from DFW to AUS. Usually, this is a straight-shot flight of 40 minutes, with barely enough time for the flight attendants to run down the aisle and throw cans of soda at the passengers. Now it’s a 90-minute flight around the weather, west to Abilene then down to Junction and over to Austin. I like rain, but I’m ready for it to stop raining.

DISCUSSION (19)

Wheelerguy > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 11:30

Ah, rain. It can delay a race, flights, or the entirety of Metro Manila.

StingrayJake > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 11:31

We flew to and from Vegas over the weekend out of Bergstrom. Weather was perfect both days. Sorry we brought the rain back.

ttyymmnn > StingrayJake
06/02/2016 at 11:33

You got lucky. It was quite a show this morning. I’m glad they got out of Dallas. The delays are only going to get worse.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 11:36

Probably cheaper than going over it. Just look at it as time to get a couple drinks pounded. I've done the BHM-ATL route enough times (45 minutes tops) and it's ridiculous. The flight attendants have about a 5-minute window to do everything.

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often
06/02/2016 at 11:39

I don’t think they’d have time to get over it. I think the altitude for that flight is barely 20,000 feet, and at least one of those storms is topping out at 20,000.

Kinja'd!!!

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 11:40

1. They should try harder and 2. Pax need to stop being such wusses about "steep climbs" and "emergency descents."

ttyymmnn > Ash78, voting early and often
06/02/2016 at 11:42

Ever fly out of John Wayne Airport in Orange County? The airport is situated in the middle of a neighborhood, and noise abatement regulations require a very steep climb out. IIRC, only the captain is allowed to fly the departure. It’s a lot of fun, really.

Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 11:42

DFW grinds my gears in particular. It’s like they found out where there will be storms and planted an airport right on top of it.

I fly out of Tulsa for school and I hate it (and Denver) during severe weather seasons so much I fly Southwest just so I don’t have to stop in stormy DFW or snowing Denver.

ttyymmnn > Luke's Dad Sold His 2000TL To Get a Sienna
06/02/2016 at 11:45

For whatever geographic/meteorologic reason, Dallas always gets heavier weather than most of the rest of Texas. But I doubt they were thinking about air travel when they founded the city back in the 1840s.

Ash78, voting early and often > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 11:46

Nope, but I have flown out of a few airports at very early/late times when those climb-outs are mandated. Damn, that's fun. Modern airliners are insanely powerful.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 11:46

That would probably make the Waco-DFW flight a hoot right now. I’ve done it before and I swear there’s no way you get above 15k feet before the descent starts.

Highlander-Datsuns are Forever > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 12:04

This is why my Delta flights were all screwed up last night. Apparently a little rain in TX translated to planes not arriving on the west coast in time.

Bob Loblaw Made Me Make a Phoney Phone Call to Edward Rooney > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 12:18

Just checked flighaware, every flight for the past two days has hit a max altitude of 12-14k feet.

Old Red Wagon > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 13:58

I’m really sick of the bi-polar weather here. Heavy rains and thunderstorms then partly cloudy and humid with the sun out. First rainy season for me here in Texas and I’m not a fan.

ttyymmnn > Old Red Wagon
06/02/2016 at 14:39

I prefer it to the drought. It’s only 76 right now. I’ll take it.

Frank Grimes > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 15:55

I read it as a 40 minute flight from Texas to Australia.

ttyymmnn > Frank Grimes
06/02/2016 at 16:00

Now that would be something.

Frank Grimes > ttyymmnn
06/02/2016 at 22:37

I also thought those storm clouds or whatevs looked like the land down under! I was confused.

ttyymmnn > Frank Grimes
06/02/2016 at 23:43

It does, kind of.