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When this pic was clicked, Runway 34L-16R was the only one of RNO's three runways that was open. Overnight, snow had fallen and the crews had been able to keep both parallels plowed and open. But at around 4 AM, the falling snow changed over into a heavy and steady freezing rain. Within 90 minutes, everything was coated with a thick layer of ice. Because both runways 34L-16R and 34R-16L; along with Taxiways Alpha, Bravo, and Charlie; had been repeatedly plowed, there was no build up of snow on them ... so the ice built up directly on the runway and taxiway surfaces. I was at the south end in the nighttime darkness taking pictures and I was amazed to see how quickly the thick ice layer would reform after the Conga Line passed by. As the first aircraft of the new day loaded passengers and were then being deiced for the morning departures, it became readily apparent that the plow crews simply were not going to be able to keep both runways and the three taxiways open. About 30 minutes before the first aircraft, a FDX Fifty Seven, was scheduled to take off, the RNO Ops Supervisor directed that Runway 34R-16L and Taxiway Bravo be closed and that plow crews focus all their efforts on removing the constantly re-accumulating ice from 34L-16R, Alpha, and Charlie. The ice storm became so thick that, at one point, all Conga Line plows formed up in front of an aircraft that had just finished being deiced on November Pad and then plowed ahead of the paxbird as it taxied south on Alpha to 34L. Then, the Line went down the length of 34L while the pax jet lined up. As soon as the Line was off the runway, the flight was cleared to go. RNO Ops was repeatedly cruising up and down the three open aircraft passageways and everywhere I looked there were plows, brooms, and even a blower going back and forth. I really though the airport was going to have to be closed, but as a dull daylight slowly began illuminating the area it was apparent that the crews were doing a fabulous job of removing the ice as fast as it was falling. About an hour after daylight, the temperature went up a few degrees but it was enough that the falling ice became falling rain. Once that happened, the only casualty was me when I slipped on the ice at the perimeter fence and went down on my keester. I truly admired the hard work performed by the plow crews that kept the airport open and running without incident.
great story @Gary :-)
As we'd say, 'Strewth, what a morning'! 5 star story to go with a 5 star shot.
Great shot!
Gary... You should have *F*I*V*E* stars just for personal grit and dogged determination!!!
Beautiful!
Fantastic shot and Great story Gary! 5 *'s!
What's the purpose of the up taper on the end of the wings...stability? Just curious and thank you
Those are called "Winglets" They help keep the airflow over the wing, shorter runway performance especially at high elevation airports on hot days, better time to climb thus getting the aircraft to a higher altitude quicker to allow less fuel burn.
Every week we see outstanding pictures from Reno. Thanks! 5 Stars.
Great story and photo, Gary. You have to have been there to appreciate what all were going through!
Cliff, Gavin, a mentor, Dean W., Big Al, Darryl, hjet, fholbert, and adelma >>> TYVM for your comments / complis.
fholbert >>> Have you ever attended the Silver Springs Fly-In? It is no longer being held but it was an annual two-day event up until five or six years ago. Reason I'm asking is because I was always there and caught many hundreds of attendee aircraft on approach, and I see you've participated in many such gatherings and Fly Ins so if you were ever at SPZ then perhaps I caught a click of you arriving. ??
fholbert >>> Have you ever attended the Silver Springs Fly-In? It is no longer being held but it was an annual two-day event up until five or six years ago. Reason I'm asking is because I was always there and caught many hundreds of attendee aircraft on approach, and I see you've participated in many such gatherings and Fly Ins so if you were ever at SPZ then perhaps I caught a click of you arriving. ??
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Date | Avion | Provenance | Destination | Départ | Arrivée | Durée |
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26-04-2024 | B738 | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | Int'l de Kansas City (KMCI) | 12h55 CDT | 14h15 CDT | Planifié |
26-04-2024 | B738 | Charleston Intl/AFB (KCHS) | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | 11h35 EDT | 11h45 CDT | Planifié |
26-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Charleston Intl/AFB (KCHS) | 09h00 EDT | 10h30 EDT | Planifié |
26-04-2024 | B738 | régional de Manchester (KMHT) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 06h25 EDT | 07h30 EDT | Planifié |
25-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | régional de Manchester (KMHT) | 22h05 EDT | 23h10 EDT | Planifié |
25-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Memphis (KMEM) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 17h50 CDT | 20h35 EDT | Planifié |
25-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | Int'l de Memphis (KMEM) | 15h45 EDT | 16h40 CDT | Planifié |
25-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Philadelphie (KPHL) | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | 12h40 EDT | 14h40 EDT | Planifié |
25-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Lambert-Saint Louis (KSTL) | Int'l de Philadelphie (KPHL) | 08h40 CDT | 11h35 EDT | Planifié |
25-04-2024 | B738 | Clinton National (KLIT) | Int'l de Lambert-Saint Louis (KSTL) | 06h25 CDT | 07h25 CDT | Planifié |
24-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Lambert-Saint Louis (KSTL) | Clinton National (KLIT) | 21h52 CDT | 22h39 CDT | 0:47 |
24-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | Int'l de Lambert-Saint Louis (KSTL) | 19h44 EDT | 20h57 CDT | 2:12 |
24-04-2024 | B738 | Luis Munoz Marin Intl (SJU / TJSJ) | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | 15h34 AST | 18h22 EDT | 2:48 |
24-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | Luis Munoz Marin Intl (SJU / TJSJ) | 11h47 EDT | 14h05 AST | 2:18 |
24-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Bradley (KBDL) | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | 07h17 EDT | 09h49 EDT | 2:31 |
23-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | Int'l Bradley (KBDL) | 19h27 CDT | 21h59 EDT | 1:32 |
23-04-2024 | B738 | Myrtle Beach Intl (KMYR) | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | 17h04 EDT | 18h00 CDT | 1:55 |
23-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Myrtle Beach Intl (KMYR) | 14h48 EDT | 15h47 EDT | 0:58 |
23-04-2024 | B738 | Aeroport Int'l de Portland (Maine) (KPWM) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 12h22 EDT | 13h33 EDT | 1:10 |
23-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Aeroport Int'l de Portland (Maine) (KPWM) | 10h13 EDT | 11h18 EDT | 1:04 |
23-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Louisville (KSDF) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 07h39 EDT | 08h51 EDT | 1:11 |
22-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | Int'l de Louisville (KSDF) | 21h15 CDT | 22h59 EDT | 0:43 |
22-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Tampa (KTPA) | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | 18h49 EDT | 20h13 CDT | 2:24 |
22-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Int'l de Tampa (KTPA) | 15h16 EDT | 17h15 EDT | 1:59 |
22-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Tampa (KTPA) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 11h34 EDT | 13h25 EDT | 1:50 |
22-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Int'l de Tampa (KTPA) | 07h59 EDT | 10h08 EDT | 2:08 |
21-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Los Angeles (KLAX) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 15h57 PDT | 23h26 EDT | 4:29 |
21-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | Int'l de Los Angeles (KLAX) | 13h46 PDT | 14h29 PDT | 0:42 |
21-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l O'Hare de Chicago (KORD) | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | 10h45 CDT | 11h55 PDT | 3:10 |
21-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Int'l O'Hare de Chicago (KORD) | 06h28 MDT | 09h24 CDT | 1:55 |
20-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Minneapolis-Saint-Paul (KMSP) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 19h54 CDT | 20h35 MDT | 1:40 |
20-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Int'l de Minneapolis-Saint-Paul (KMSP) | 16h36 MDT | 19h05 CDT | 1:28 |
20-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de San José (KSJC) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 12h03 PDT | 15h06 MDT | 2:03 |
20-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Portland (KPDX) | Int'l de San José (KSJC) | 09h28 PDT | 10h52 PDT | 1:24 |
19-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l d'Oakland (KOAK) | Int'l de Portland (KPDX) | 19h32 PDT | 20h54 PDT | 1:21 |
19-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de San Diego (KSAN) | Int'l d'Oakland (KOAK) | 16h43 PDT | 17h49 PDT | 1:06 |
19-04-2024 | B738 | Sacramento Intl (KSMF) | Int'l de San Diego (KSAN) | 14h12 PDT | 15h20 PDT | 1:07 |
19-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Seattle-Tacoma (KSEA) | Sacramento Intl (KSMF) | 11h43 PDT | 13h03 PDT | 1:20 |
19-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | Int'l de Seattle-Tacoma (KSEA) | 07h54 MST | 10h23 PDT | 2:28 |
19-04-2024 | B738 | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | 06h10 CDT | 06h26 MST | 2:16 |
18-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | 20h41 EDT | 22h32 CDT | 2:50 |
18-04-2024 | B738 | John Glenn Columbus Intl Airport (KCMH) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 18h24 EDT | 19h13 EDT | 0:48 |
18-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | John Glenn Columbus Intl Airport (KCMH) | 15h27 CDT | 17h14 EDT | 0:46 |
18-04-2024 | B738 | Eppley d'Omaha (KOMA) | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | 12h52 CDT | 13h51 CDT | 0:59 |
18-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Lambert-Saint Louis (KSTL) | Eppley d'Omaha (KOMA) | 10h56 CDT | 11h55 CDT | 0:58 |
18-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Raleigh-Durham (KRDU) | Int'l de Lambert-Saint Louis (KSTL) | 08h58 EDT | 09h43 CDT | 1:45 |
17-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Int'l de Raleigh-Durham (KRDU) | 22h01 EDT | 22h51 EDT | 0:49 |
17-04-2024 | B738 | Savannah/Hilton Head Intl (KSAV) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 18h53 EDT | 20h09 EDT | 1:15 |
17-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | Savannah/Hilton Head Intl (KSAV) | 15h16 CDT | 17h55 EDT | 1:38 |
17-04-2024 | B738 | Daugherty Field (KLGB) | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | 08h40 PDT | 14h06 CDT | 3:25 |
16-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de San José (KSJC) | Daugherty Field (KLGB) | 19h03 PDT | 19h56 PDT | 0:53 |
16-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de San Diego (KSAN) | Int'l de San José (KSJC) | 17h02 PDT | 18h04 PDT | 1:01 |
16-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Int'l de San Diego (KSAN) | 13h37 EDT | 16h05 PDT | 5:27 |
16-04-2024 | B738 | Southwest Florida Intl (KRSW) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 09h50 EDT | 11h59 EDT | 2:08 |
16-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Southwest Florida Intl (KRSW) | 06h28 EDT | 08h32 EDT | 2:03 |
15-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (KFLL) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 23h41 EDT | 01h59 EDT (+1) | 2:18 |
15-04-2024 | B738 | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | Int'l de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (KFLL) | 18h54 CDT | 22h01 EDT | 2:06 |
15-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | 13h35 PDT | 17h41 CDT | 2:05 |
15-04-2024 | B738 | Sacramento Intl (KSMF) | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | 11h17 PDT | 12h16 PDT | 0:59 |
15-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Austin-Bergstrom (KAUS) | Sacramento Intl (KSMF) | 08h33 CDT | 09h50 PDT | 3:16 |
15-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans (KMSY) | Int'l Austin-Bergstrom (KAUS) | 06h26 CDT | 07h32 CDT | 1:06 |
14-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | Int'l Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans (KMSY) | 23h16 CDT | 00h58 CDT (+1) | 1:42 |
14-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Miami (KMIA) | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | 20h21 EDT | 22h12 CDT | 2:51 |
14-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Int'l de Miami (KMIA) | 16h09 EDT | 18h14 EDT | 2:05 |
14-04-2024 | B738 | William P Hobby (KHOU) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 11h14 CDT | 14h43 EDT | 2:28 |
14-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | William P Hobby (KHOU) | 05h30 PDT | 10h01 CDT | 2:30 |
13-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Los Angeles (KLAX) | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | 20h45 PDT | 21h22 PDT | 0:37 |
13-04-2024 | B738 | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | Int'l de Los Angeles (KLAX) | 17h42 CDT | 19h19 PDT | 3:37 |
13-04-2024 | B738 | Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta (KATL) | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | 15h06 EDT | 15h57 CDT | 1:50 |
13-04-2024 | B738 | national Ronald Reagan (KDCA) | Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta (KATL) | 12h09 EDT | 13h29 EDT | 1:19 |
13-04-2024 | B738 | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | national Ronald Reagan (KDCA) | 08h24 CDT | 10h46 EDT | 1:21 |
13-04-2024 | B738 | Jacksonville Intl (KJAX) | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | 06h57 EDT | 07h13 CDT | 1:15 |
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