spinfire t1_ix3i7qs wrote
Reply to comment by DaleGribble312 in Fun times: AGC (Allegheny County Airport, West Mifflin) is currently shut down due to having zero snow equipment. by samosamancer
Yes, and the medevac flight that returned after 2 minutes.
Looking deeper at the historical reported weather, the field dropped to 3/4 mile visibility at this time in heavy snow. Minimums for the runway 28 ILS approach are 1/2 mile visibility, if I were operating that flight with 30 knot wind gusts and that little wiggle room on visibility in a heavy snow squall I’d definitely choose to divert rather than shoot the approach.
Snow can drop visibility below minimums very quickly.
DaleGribble312 t1_ix3iu69 wrote
Ok good, I was super worried this was like important or something.
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