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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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28-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Donald Sangster (MBJ / MKJS) | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | 13h20 EST | 15h05 EST | Planifié |
28-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | Int'l Donald Sangster (MBJ / MKJS) | 10h10 EST | 12h00 EST | Planifié |
28-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans (KMSY) | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | 06h25 CST | 08h45 EST | Planifié |
27-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Int'l Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans (KMSY) | 20h29 MST | 23h55 CST | Planifié |
27-12-2024 | B738 | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 17h49 CST | 19h27 MST | Planifié |
27-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | 13h39 MST | 16h43 CST | Planifié |
27-12-2024 | B738 | William P Hobby (KHOU) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 11h17 CST | 12h27 MST | Planifié |
27-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Los Angeles (KLAX) | William P Hobby (KHOU) | 05h14 PST | 10h02 CST | Planifié |
26-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | Int'l de Los Angeles (KLAX) | 23h39 CST | 01h35 PST (+1) | En vol |
26-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Bradley (KBDL) | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | 21h13 EST | 22h13 CST | 2:00 |
26-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Int'l Bradley (KBDL) | 15h02 MST | 20h18 EST | 3:15 |
26-12-2024 | B738 | Montrose Rgnl (KMTJ) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 13h14 MST | 13h46 MST | 0:31 |
26-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Montrose Rgnl (KMTJ) | 10h36 MST | 11h24 MST | 0:48 |
26-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Kansas City (KMCI) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 08h56 CST | 09h15 MST | 1:19 |
26-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | Int'l de Kansas City (KMCI) | 06h13 CST | 07h21 CST | 1:07 |
25-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (KFLL) | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | 19h30 EST | 21h06 CST | 2:35 |
25-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans (KMSY) | Int'l de Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood (KFLL) | 15h59 CST | 18h25 EST | 1:26 |
25-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | Int'l Louis Armstrong de La Nouvelle-Orléans (KMSY) | 09h58 PST | 14h48 CST | 2:50 |
25-12-2024 | B738 | El Paso Intl (KELP) | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | 08h21 MST | 08h51 PST | 1:29 |
24-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Austin-Bergstrom (KAUS) | El Paso Intl (KELP) | 20h47 CST | 21h01 MST | 1:13 |
24-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Int'l Austin-Bergstrom (KAUS) | 17h08 MST | 19h48 CST | 1:40 |
24-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Philadelphie (KPHL) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 14h26 EST | 15h52 MST | 3:26 |
24-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta (KATL) | Int'l de Philadelphie (KPHL) | 11h39 EST | 13h08 EST | 1:28 |
24-12-2024 | B738 | San Antonio Intl (KSAT) | Int'l Hartsfield-Jackson d'Atlanta (KATL) | 07h22 CST | 10h13 EST | 1:51 |
23-12-2024 | B738 | William P Hobby (KHOU) | San Antonio Intl (KSAT) | 22h55 CST | 23h31 CST | 0:36 |
23-12-2024 | B738 | Tulsa Intl (KTUL) | William P Hobby (KHOU) | 20h18 CST | 21h26 CST | 1:07 |
23-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Tulsa Intl (KTUL) | 17h03 MST | 19h11 CST | 1:07 |
23-12-2024 | B738 | William P Hobby (KHOU) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 14h47 CST | 15h44 MST | 1:57 |
23-12-2024 | B738 | Pensacola Intl (KPNS) | William P Hobby (KHOU) | 12h16 CST | 13h37 CST | 1:20 |
23-12-2024 | B738 | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | Pensacola Intl (KPNS) | 09h58 CST | 11h16 CST | 1:17 |
23-12-2024 | B738 | El Paso Intl (KELP) | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | 06h31 MST | 08h56 CST | 1:25 |
23-12-2024 | B738 | William P Hobby (KHOU) | El Paso Intl (KELP) | 05h10 CST | 05h36 MST | 1:26 |
21-12-2024 | B738 | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | William P Hobby (KHOU) | 23h52 CST | 01h26 CST (+1) | 1:33 |
21-12-2024 | B738 | LaGuardia (KLGA) | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | 21h23 EST | 22h16 CST | 1:52 |
21-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | LaGuardia (KLGA) | 16h54 CST | 19h26 EST | 1:31 |
21-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | 11h38 MST | 15h38 CST | 2:59 |
21-12-2024 | B738 | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | 09h19 CST | 10h26 MST | 2:07 |
21-12-2024 | B738 | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | 07h10 CST | 08h05 CST | 0:55 |
20-12-2024 | B738 | William P Hobby (KHOU) | Midland Intl Air and Space Port (KMAF) | 23h03 CST | 00h10 CST (+1) | 1:07 |
20-12-2024 | B738 | Okc Will Rogers Intl (KOKC) | William P Hobby (KHOU) | 20h54 CST | 22h00 CST | 1:05 |
20-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | Okc Will Rogers Intl (KOKC) | 16h09 PST | 20h08 CST | 1:58 |
20-12-2024 | B738 | métropolitain de Détroit (KDTW) | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | 13h44 EST | 14h38 PST | 3:54 |
20-12-2024 | B738 | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | métropolitain de Détroit (KDTW) | 09h59 CST | 12h11 EST | 1:12 |
20-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Austin-Bergstrom (KAUS) | Nashville Intl (KBNA) | 07h02 CST | 08h41 CST | 1:38 |
19-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | Int'l Austin-Bergstrom (KAUS) | 21h32 EST | 22h57 CST | 2:25 |
19-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | 18h28 EST | 20h22 EST | 1:54 |
19-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Miami (KMIA) | Int'l Thurgood Marshall de Baltimore-Washington (KBWI) | 14h25 EST | 16h26 EST | 2:00 |
19-12-2024 | B738 | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | Int'l de Miami (KMIA) | 10h01 CST | 13h13 EST | 2:11 |
19-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Dallas Love Fld (KDAL) | 06h15 MST | 08h41 CST | 1:26 |
18-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Portland (KPDX) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 16h51 PST | 19h42 MST | 1:51 |
18-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | Int'l de Portland (KPDX) | 14h13 MST | 15h50 PST | 2:36 |
18-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | Int'l de Denver (KDEN) | 11h14 MST | 12h36 MST | 1:21 |
17-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de San José (KSJC) | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | 17h18 PST | 19h47 MST | 1:28 |
17-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | Int'l de San José (KSJC) | 15h27 MST | 15h58 PST | 1:30 |
17-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de San Francisco (KSFO) | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | 11h30 PST | 14h01 MST | 1:31 |
17-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | Int'l de San Francisco (KSFO) | 09h08 PST | 10h14 PST | 1:06 |
17-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | 07h27 MST | 07h13 PST | 0:45 |
16-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | Int'l Sky Harbor de Phoenix (KPHX) | 21h09 CST | 23h34 MST | 3:24 |
16-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Philadelphie (KPHL) | Int'l Midway de Chicago (KMDW) | 19h28 EST | 20h16 CST | 1:47 |
16-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | Int'l de Philadelphie (KPHL) | 16h22 EST | 18h17 EST | 1:55 |
16-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Norfolk (KORF) | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | 12h53 EST | 14h32 EST | 1:39 |
16-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | Int'l de Norfolk (KORF) | 10h13 EST | 11h41 EST | 1:27 |
15-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Kansas City (KMCI) | Int'l d'Orlando (KMCO) | 20h16 CST | 23h27 EST | 2:11 |
15-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | Int'l de Kansas City (KMCI) | 15h12 PST | 19h23 CST | 2:10 |
15-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Lambert-Saint Louis (KSTL) | Int'l McCarran (KLAS) | 12h13 CST | 13h39 PST | 3:26 |
15-12-2024 | B738 | Int'l de Los Angeles (KLAX) | Int'l de Lambert-Saint Louis (KSTL) | 05h54 PST | 11h02 CST | 3:07 |
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