强雷暴袭击达拉斯-沃斯堡机场 全美最繁忙枢纽之一单日近千航班延误
10 月 2 日，强雷暴天气连同热带系统"波洛"（Polo）带来的水汽横扫德克萨斯州北部，美国最繁忙的航空枢纽之一达拉斯-沃斯堡国际机场（DFW）陷入大面积瘫痪。航班追踪汇总显示，该机场当天出现近千架次延误、三百余架次取消，离港航班延误率超过三分之一，成为当天全美受影响最严重的机场。
美国联邦航空管理局（FAA）对 DFW 实施地面延误计划，航班平均地面等待约一至一个半小时。由于达拉斯-沃斯堡是美国航空（American Airlines）的最大枢纽、该公司约占机场航班量的八成，美航成为重灾区，其航班延误与取消占机场总量的一大半，延误并级联至迈阿密、纽约、芝加哥、洛杉矶等全国航线，大量旅客错过中转、滞留机场。
气象部门指出，缓慢移动的雷暴带给机场周边带来短时强降雨与低能见度，跑道运行效率下降，部分进场道路积水。机场与航空公司提醒旅客出行前查询航班状态，并利用航司提供的免费改签安排。随着天气系统东移，机场运营在随后一天逐步恢复，但机组与飞机调度错位的影响持续了更长时间。
（综合自 TravelTourister 航班延误汇总报道）
Severe Thunderstorms Snarl DFW Airport, Forcing Hundreds of Cancellations
Severe thunderstorms fed by moisture from tropical system Polo slammed North Texas on October 2, throwing Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport — one of the busiest hubs in the United States — into chaos. Flight-tracking tallies put disruptions at roughly a thousand delays and more than three hundred cancellations for the day, with over a third of departures running late, making DFW the hardest-hit airport in the country.
The Federal Aviation Administration placed DFW under a ground delay program, holding departures an average of about 60 to 90 minutes. American Airlines, whose flights account for roughly 80 percent of DFW's schedule, absorbed the bulk of the disruption, and delays cascaded across its national network to Miami, New York, Chicago and Los Angeles, stranding connecting passengers.
Slow-moving storm cells brought heavy rain and low visibility to the airport area, cutting runway throughput and flooding some access roads. Airlines waived change fees and urged travelers to check flight status before heading to the airport, while recovery stretched beyond the storm itself as crews and aircraft sat out of position.
(Sources: TravelTourister)
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