weather shutting down an airport

[americarocks]

So what would we do should like a Huricana Katrina come, and knock out an airport?

[dbd]

Flight delays and cancellations could be easily linked to weather.
If weathertype=rain then delayrate=25% and maxdelay=120 minutes and cancelrate=5%

25% chance of delay; 5% of cancellation;random number between 0 and maxdelay

[skifans]

I have a few concerns about this:
1. Where is the data coming from? 5% canceled due to rain???? What on earth.
2. Where is the weather data going to come from? (Obviously without causing problems like in CA)
3. What if no weather data is available from whatever provider. It always annoyed me that if no data is available then no delay was presumed.
4. How will this have a knock on effect with scheduling (if added)?
5. How will some aircraft/planes having ILS be dealt with - obviously this has a huge effect on weather aircraft can land.
6. What happens if the airport closes while the aircraft is in the air?
7. Or even if weather gets worth while the aircraft was on the way?
8. Should data be got once each day, each hour ect. (Obviously depends on what provider is chosen)

[dbd]

I have a few concerns about this:
1. Where is the data coming from? 5% canceled due to rain???? What on earth.
[color=#FF0000]Example Data....[/color]
2. Where is the weather data going to come from? (Obviously without causing problems like in CA)
[color=#FF0000]Could be random, Could be a lightweight API[/color]
3. What if no weather data is available from whatever provider. It always annoyed me that if no data is available then no delay was presumed.
[color=#FF0000]Default to random[/color]
4. How will this have a knock on effect with scheduling (if added)?
[color=#FF0000]The flight would miss its timeslot and have to wait until the next available one.[/color]
5. How will some aircraft/planes having ILS be dealt with - obviously this has a huge effect on weather aircraft can land.
[color=#FF0000]I never even thought of that.... I don't know atm[/color]
6. What happens if the airport closes while the aircraft is in the air?
[color=#FF0000]Divert to nearest airport with a long enough runway?[/color]
7. Or even if weather gets worth while the aircraft was on the way?
[color=#FF0000]That ain't gon work son[/color]
8. Should data be got once each day, each hour ect. (Obviously depends on what provider is chosen)
[color=#FF0000]At the beginning of the UTC day?[/color][/color]

[skifans]

I have a few concerns about this:
1. Where is the data coming from? 5% canceled due to rain???? What on earth.
[color=#FF0000]Example Data....[/color]
2. Where is the weather data going to come from? (Obviously without causing problems like in CA)
[color=#FF0000]Could be random, Could be a lightweight API[/color]
3. What if no weather data is available from whatever provider. It always annoyed me that if no data is available then no delay was presumed.
[color=#FF0000]Default to random[/color]
4. How will this have a knock on effect with scheduling (if added)?
[color=#FF0000]The flight would miss its timeslot and have to wait until the next available one.[/color]
[color=#0000CD]So would the flight afterwards be delayed or canceled, just feeling like it would take a lot of effort to build but canceling seems harsh.[/color]
5. How will some aircraft/planes having ILS be dealt with - obviously this has a huge effect on weather aircraft can land.
[color=#FF0000]I never even thought of that.... I don't know atm[/color]
6. What happens if the airport closes while the aircraft is in the air?
[color=#FF0000]Divert to nearest airport with a long enough runway?[/color]
[color=#0000CD]Nice idea, hopefully you can think of a way to do this.[/color]
7. Or even if weather gets worth while the aircraft was on the way?
[color=#FF0000]That ain't gon work son[/color]
8. Should data be got once each day, each hour ect. (Obviously depends on what provider is chosen)
[color=#FF0000]At the beginning of the UTC day?[/color]

I suppose a lot of these points I made earlier boil down to real world data or random? What does everyone think?

[dbd]

I have a few concerns about this:
1. Where is the data coming from? 5% canceled due to rain???? What on earth.
[color=#FF0000]Example Data....[/color]
2. Where is the weather data going to come from? (Obviously without causing problems like in CA)
[color=#FF0000]Could be random, Could be a lightweight API[/color]
3. What if no weather data is available from whatever provider. It always annoyed me that if no data is available then no delay was presumed.
[color=#FF0000]Default to random[/color]
4. How will this have a knock on effect with scheduling (if added)?
[color=#FF0000]The flight would miss its timeslot and have to wait until the next available one.[/color]
[color=#0000CD]So would the flight afterwards be delayed or canceled, just feeling like it would take a lot of effort to build but canceling seems harsh.[/color]
[color=#00DC00]I think this goes back to the topic of slots; how many flights should be shoved into one slot? how long should a timeslot be?[/color]
5. How will some aircraft/planes having ILS be dealt with - obviously this has a huge effect on weather aircraft can land.
[color=#FF0000]I never even thought of that.... I don't know atm[/color]
6. What happens if the airport closes while the aircraft is in the air?
[color=#FF0000]Divert to nearest airport with a long enough runway?[/color]
[color=#0000CD]Nice idea, hopefully you can think of a way to do this.[/color]
7. Or even if weather gets worth while the aircraft was on the way?
[color=#FF0000]That ain't gon work son[/color]
8. Should data be got once each day, each hour ect. (Obviously depends on what provider is chosen)
[color=#FF0000]At the beginning of the UTC day?[/color]

I suppose a lot of these points I made earlier boil down to real world data or random? What does everyone think?

I'd like real-world, if possible.