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Saskatchewan’s recent cold snap may be wreaking havoc on cars’ block heaters, buildings’ furnaces and paved roads, but the Regina airport is getting along just fine, according to CEO James Bogusz.
“The cold weather is actually not our bane. It’s actually ice. So hopefully if the precipitation is reasonable, we’ll keep people travelling on time as long as those other airports are doing the same thing,” he said while speaking on the Greg Morgan Morning Show.
Central, eastern and northern regions of the province have been in a deep cold snap for Wednesday and Thursday; Environment Canada had issued an extreme cold warning for Regina on Wednesday evening, which carried into mid-morning Thursday.
Bogusz said it’s a rare occurrence when just straight cold temperatures affect flight schedules. Issues arise more often when there’s snow or freezing rain falling on the airport’s runways, he said.
“A lot of the time it’s precipitation. So a really, really low ceiling when there’s snow, for example, (that affects) visibility to a runway can be the bigger bane,” he said.
Environment Canada is forecasting a small chance of snow flurries for Regina on Friday, along with a high of -1 C. For the long weekend, the weather agency is predicting cloudy skies without precipitation on Sunday and Monday.
If there are delays over the long weekend, passengers will likely feel it, as the airport is expecting customer usage to be at “the peak of peaks,” Bogusz said.
“It’s incredible. We are having almost Christmas-like peaks. This has been an unbelievable week. All signs are pointing to (that this weekend).”
He reiterated the oft-used advise to get to the airport early, at least 90 minutes before a flight is set to leave.
“Heck, you can come two hours early; give yourself a stress-free experience,” he said. “The morning is incredibly busy.”
Bogusz added that people should take advantage of airline-specific mobile notifications.
“Keep an eye out for flight status,” he said. “Many of those airlines, you can sign up for a text message or an email. They can keep you posted if something is going to potentially happen to your flight.”