Stay out of the airport, too
It was a record-breaking 116 degrees yesterday. At McCarran International, electrical problems shut down the air conditioning in the main terminal and adjacent C and D concourses for nearly four hours. Apparently the heat outside caused an unknown number of planes to miss their scheduled departure times, too.
It seems that soaring temperatures affect the "lift" that aircraft can achieve when taking off. On very hot days, changes in air density require planes to travel farther on runways before they can leave the ground. As a result, planes must shed weight by reducing passenger counts or fuel loads.
Airport officials weren't able to say how many passengers and travelers had been affected by the heat and delays, but fortunately none of the more than 1,000 slot machines throughout the airport terminals ever lost power.
It seems that soaring temperatures affect the "lift" that aircraft can achieve when taking off. On very hot days, changes in air density require planes to travel farther on runways before they can leave the ground. As a result, planes must shed weight by reducing passenger counts or fuel loads.
Airport officials weren't able to say how many passengers and travelers had been affected by the heat and delays, but fortunately none of the more than 1,000 slot machines throughout the airport terminals ever lost power.
posted by Mia Zachary at 12:13 PM
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