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My flight through Phoenix was delayed 4 hours so I rebooked through another city. On that flight the fellow next to me said - “good choice, Phoenix is no good
by asimpleusecase 3y ago
My flight through Phoenix was delayed 4 hours so I rebooked through another city.
On that flight the fellow next to me said - “good choice, Phoenix is no good for flying today.” I asked why and he said “ My wife is there, plane took off and had to dump fuel and land. Too heavy to get to altitude with the hot air. They had to reduce the load and take off again. All flights having to reduce load.” I did not try to confirm this report.
- mabbo 3y agoCommon thing is Phoenix. It's just harder for planes to take off when the ground is at such high temperatures.
- lordnacho 3y agoI hadn't considered it before reading your comment, but it seems plausible when I google "air density vs temperature". It seems a few degrees is enough to change the density by several percent, and IIRC density is proportional to the lift you get.
- jaclaz 3y agoYes, but usually the plane won't take off at all without getting lighter, the issue is in taking off, not in getting altitude once air borne. Typically in case of particularly high temperatures or other adverse conditions, the plane is loaded with the minimum fuel needed to reach a near airport with better conditions, so that there is an added landing and take off, and since there are added costs for this, companies try to avoid it by disembarking luggage and even passengers. The most recent case that made the news has been about disembarking some 20 people and their luggage by EasyJet: https://www.insider.com/easyjet-passengers-lanzarote-liverpool-get-off-plane-because-too-heavy-2023-7 https://www.insider.com/easyjet-passengers-lanzarote-liverpo...