Accurate weather forecasts for Monday’s path of totality weren’t available until a few days ago, but scientists have confirmed that cumulus clouds over land begin to disappear almost instantly when a partial solar eclipse begins.
22.03.2024 - 12:41 / forbes.com
Passengers can expect disruption to air travel during the total solar eclipse next month, the Federal Aviation Administration warned Thursday, urging pilots to prepare as states and businesses along its path brace for an influx of tourists hoping to catch a glimpse of the rare celestial phenomenon.
The total solar eclipse on April 8 could clog air traffic operating inside and near the path of totality, the FAA warned in a bulletin posted on its website.
For those located within the narrow strip of land affected by the phenomenon, the moon will completely block the sun, which leads to an abrupt transition from daylight to darkness to daylight again within a matter of minutes, the temperature drops and the star’s outer atmosphere, called a corona, is revealed in a fiery halo.
The FAA’s “special air traffic procedures” notice said the eclipse path will impact the U.S. from about 2:30 p.m. EDT to 3:40 p.m. EDT, though noted restrictions and changes to normal procedures can be expected up to five days ahead of the April 8 eclipse.
The agency said aircraft should prepare for rerouting and airborne holding for all domestic flights and urged aircraft departing airports along the eclipse path to coordinate departure times “as early as possible” to minimize congestion, adding that “special security provisions” may be put in place for the event.
Airports along the path of the eclipse are likely to have higher levels of traffic than normal and should “anticipate delays during peak” times, the FAA warned.
More than 100 airports were flagged as lying along the path of the eclipse—or close enough to it (within a 50 nautical miles margin either side)—with the potential to be affected, including Dallas-Fort Worth International, Cleveland Hopkins International Airport and Indianapolis International, Burlington International, Buffalo Niagara International and Syracuse Hancock International.
A total of 15 states are in the path of the eclipse, according to NASA. It will enter the U.S. from Mexico, starting in Texas and travel through Oklahoma, Arkansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Vermont, New Hampshire, and Maine. With small parts also visible in Tennessee and Michigan. It will enter Canada and exit continental North America on the Atlantic coast of Newfoundland.
Businesses and states lying along the path of the eclipse are expecting a boom of travel to view the event, which won’t be seen on the contiguous U.S. again until 2044. Delta Airlines is running flights along the eclipse’s path to allow people to spend “as much time as possible directly within the path of totality.” Indianapolis is reportedly the most-booked destination in North America for the event, according to
Accurate weather forecasts for Monday’s path of totality weren’t available until a few days ago, but scientists have confirmed that cumulus clouds over land begin to disappear almost instantly when a partial solar eclipse begins.
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