What airport not to go through in Feb?

[georgiapeach60]

There are several options flying from Austin, Tx to Orlando in Feb. with the difference being which airport you go through. Are there some that at that time of year I would want to avoit because of traffic or weather?

 

[hercamore]

Ohare can be a pain any time of the year, but especially in winter.

 

[Beverly Lynn]

anyone north/northeast/east. these would include:
ORD/MDW
CVG
IND
CLE
PHL
LGA/JFK/EWR
BUF/ROC/SYR/ISP/ELM/UCA PRETTY MUCH ALL THE NY STATE AIRPORTS
ERI
MKE
MSP
DTW/DET
PVD
BOS
MHT

There are probably more but these are the biggies to avoid. they have lots of weather delays. but when visibility is bad there's not much that can happen. and when the snow hits the runways and they can't keep it clean long enough for planes to take off and land then thats a hazard too.

 

[Chuck S]

From Austin, I would change in DFW with American or ATL with Delta. Southwest only has evening non stops from Austin, but I think they have some good non-stops from San Antonio, they're only booking thru January 11th right now.

 

[drusba]

Two airports to avoid anytime of year for connections are O'Hare (Chicago) and Denver. Delays in those airports are far more common than on-time departures and arrivals.

 

[ducklite]

Your issue is not so much weather in Austin or Orlando, but weather whereever your flight is originating from.

Lets say you are booked for a flight departing Austin at 3:00pm. That plane isn't just sitting at the airport all day waiting for the 3:00 pm flight. It's coming from somewhere. So if it's coming from somewhere easily affected by weather, it won't make a bees knees of difference if it's 80 and sunny in Austin and Orlando, and everywhere in between for that matter.

If it were me, I'd choose CO through HOU, first flight out in the am. My next choice would be DL through DFW, again, first flight out. The equipment for the first flight out of any airport to a hub has almost always been grounded over night, so it will be waiting there freshly serviced and ready to rock in the am. Also the crew will either be locally based or will have overnighted locally, so you wo'nt need to worry about that part of the problem. (I've been on as many flights delayed due to crew delays as I have due to equipment delays.)

Anne

 

[travelcoupons]

Doesn't really matter because if flights get backed up in one part of the country, it is a domino effect. My flight in Feb. was late out of MSP and the weather was perfect in MSP. Inbound flight was from ORD where it was snowy, so it was delayed.