Study: warming trend causing delays, flight schedule changes

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https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/high-temps-cause-changes-in-las-vegas-airport-schedules/

Travelers can continue to see adjustments to their summer flight schedules well into the future due to rising temperatures caused by climate change, according to a study from Columbia University.
Global temperatures rose by 1.8 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1980s, and will continue to increase up to 5.4 degrees by 2100.
The airline industry will have to make some tough economic choices as heat waves become more common worldwide, according to the recently published study in the journal Climate Change. Air becomes thinner or less dense as temperatures rise, making it difficult to take off when planes are filled with passengers, cargo and fuel.
As temperatures continue to rise, roughly 10 percent to 30 percent of those full planes might have to lighten their loads in order to take off during the hottest times of the day, according to the study by Columbia University doctoral student Ethan Coffel and climatologist Radley Horton.

In Las Vegas, one airline has suspended "summer" service. Another has moved to early-in-the-day flights.

Another monkey wrench into travel plans.
 
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