Answer by TomMcW for How does an airport catch up when it is behind on traffic?
To add to the other answers, one thing ATC will do is order ground stops. Basically they stop the inbound flights at their origin until there is space to fit them in at the destination. There's an...
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Most airports aren't at 100% capacity any of the time: they simply fit in a few extra flights for a couple of hours until they're back on track, causing relatively little delay.Even those who are at...
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Well, the delays usually pile up during the busy hours. They manage to eliminate the delay times when the flights arrive or land at the non-busy hours which dissipates most of the delays. One or two...
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How does an airport catch up when it is behind on traffic?
When airports fall behind traffic for some reason and delays piling up, how do they catch up? If flights need to be cancelled, who decides (and when) - ATC, airport management, or airlines...
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