Will snow affect the take-off of the plane?

1, snow will affect the take-off of the plane.

2. Snowfall will cause flight delay, and in severe cases, it will lead to suspension. In snowy weather, the visibility of the airport is seriously reduced, which affects the pilot's sight. When the visibility is only tens of meters, the aircraft controlled by the flight crew can't take off and land at all, or even taxi. If it is not handled properly, it will easily lead to flight accidents. At this time, the airport will have to be closed, and normal flights will become abnormal or cancelled.

3. Due to the arrival of strong cold air, the surface temperature drops sharply. When snow meets low temperature, it will quickly freeze on the runway. The friction between aircraft tires and ice is reduced, and the aircraft will slide irregularly on the runway when landing or taking off, making it difficult to keep the direction and easily rushing out of the runway, causing danger.

4. The heavy snow makes the aircraft fuselage accumulate ice or freeze, and the accumulated frost increases the weight of the aircraft. At the same time, ice accumulation may cause wing streamline changes, the weight of propeller blades is unbalanced, or the intake pipe in carburetor is blocked, the landing gear is difficult to retract, the throttle is frozen to cut off the fuel source, and the cockpit window is frozen to close the driver's line of sight. All these may lead to a serious plane crash.

In snowy weather, due to low visibility, in order to ensure safety, the air traffic control department will increase the safe distance between planes, which will inevitably make the flight waiting time longer and cause flight delay. At the same time, once the plane freezes, it must be de-iced in time. De-icing operation takes some time, which will inevitably affect the punctuality of flights.