It’s cold we’re expecting to set a new low temp tonight. Tomorrow, the weatherman is calling for snow again.
All this snow reminds me of when I was flying for United and I was to land in Chicago at O’Hare. It was snowing hard there and they had already closed one runway. When we reached our final, I called O’Hare and asked for vectors to land. The ATC wasn’t going to land us. I reminded him I had 200 passengers onboard with some needing to change planes. I asked the controller if he wanted me to land at Midway, Chicago’s other airport.
I was flying a Boeing 757 and either airport would have been fine. The Controller told me if I would do a 20 minute go around, my runway would be open. I agreed. I made my 20 minute go around and the Controller kept his word and landed us. I was so relieved. The last thing I wanted to do was to divert to another airport.