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Originally Posted by peteremsley
My boss just suggested I do a day trip to AZ on Monday for 2 meetings. Fly into Tucson and home from Phoenix. Hmmm.
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Make sure you can fly back out. Landing, no problem, taking off in 120° big problem.
Phoenix flights cancelled because it's too hot for planes
Phoenix flights cancelled because it's too hot for planes - BBC News
Gotta laugh at the article though.
They decide to get all political and throw in some "climate change".
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It's a well-known problem - a 2016 report from the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) even warned that higher temperatures caused by climate change could "have severe consequences for aircraft take-off performance, where high altitudes or short runways limit the payload or even the fuel-carrying capacity".
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When earlier they tell you the standing record was in 1990 about 12 years after we were told we were heading towards an ice age.
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The all-time record for temperatures in Phoenix is just slightly higher, at 122F, which hit on 26 June 1990.
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Regardless, make sure you have a flight out, cancelling mid day flights will make things crazy at other times. If it were me I would want to fly out predawn.