NotUrsula
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Just FYI, the FAA maintains a real-time delay notification website at http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp
If you enter your airport on the day you will fly, it will tell you what the possible delays might be, including situations where the delay is caused by weather at the airport you are headed TO.
Also, a tip: almost all airlines allow you to go to their websites and sign up for info on flight status to be automatically sent to your cell phone or computer. Here's a trick: don't ask to be alerted when you flight is scheduled to leave YOUR departure airport, but check to see where the flight originates on the way to your airport, and ask to be notified when it departs from THAT airport.
If you are flying SWA, you might even want to backtrack another flight segment; it is not unusual for SWA flights to stop 4-5 times over the course of a day, and the segments are short. You want to find out about delays before you would normally leave for the airport, not after you are there. (Which is not to say that you might not want to get there at the usual time anyway, but it will ease the tension if you run a bit late, and warn you if you need to bring extra personal entertainment resources.)
If you enter your airport on the day you will fly, it will tell you what the possible delays might be, including situations where the delay is caused by weather at the airport you are headed TO.
Also, a tip: almost all airlines allow you to go to their websites and sign up for info on flight status to be automatically sent to your cell phone or computer. Here's a trick: don't ask to be alerted when you flight is scheduled to leave YOUR departure airport, but check to see where the flight originates on the way to your airport, and ask to be notified when it departs from THAT airport.
If you are flying SWA, you might even want to backtrack another flight segment; it is not unusual for SWA flights to stop 4-5 times over the course of a day, and the segments are short. You want to find out about delays before you would normally leave for the airport, not after you are there. (Which is not to say that you might not want to get there at the usual time anyway, but it will ease the tension if you run a bit late, and warn you if you need to bring extra personal entertainment resources.)