PrincessBella1 t1_ix5a1p5 wrote on November 20, 2022 at 9:19 PM

Reply to comment by spinfire in Fun times: AGC (Allegheny County Airport, West Mifflin) is currently shut down due to having zero snow equipment. by samosamancer

This makes more sense. Besides medivac, this is the airport used for transporting organs for transplant. There have been times that we have had to wait for an organ in the winter and you have explained why. Thanks

spinfire t1_ix5bswu wrote on November 20, 2022 at 9:31 PM

Winter weather tends to be pretty impactful to aviation. Usually summer thunderstorms have relatively short lived impact as they move quickly. But winter can bring widespread low clouds and fog to Pittsburgh along with high winds. Even if there’s no snow. These snow squalls are worse, if you’ve driven on the highway in one you can see how quick they can drop the visibility to nothing!

I’ve seen quite a few organs moving through AGC, or at least I’m pretty sure that’s what I’ve seen. They usually show up on a small turboprop (usually a Pilatus PC-12) or small biz jet. Then someone takes a cooler off and loads it into an ambulance…