Cozumel Airport (CZM) Flight Status Arrivals

CZM Airport flight departures


The causes of flight arrival delays at Cozumel (CZM) airport


Weather This is probably the most obvious, and most common cause for delayed flight arrivals into CZM airport. There are three areas where weather affects flight schedules: at the origin airport, in-flight, and at the destination airport (in this case, Cozumel airport).

Whether at the origin airport or at CZM, weather can affect the scheduled flight arrival in many ways, such as a passing thunderstorm or snow squall, or the need to de-ice the aircraft. These normally temporary issues have lingering affects on Cozumel's flight arrival times. When aircraft cannot depart on-time, later scheduled flights have to wait due to the backlog, as the spacing interval between takeoffs is fixed and cannot be compressed (imagine cars in traffic that have a required two car lengths between them). The net affect is that all of the flights scheduled to arrive from the airport with the weather problems will arrive to CZM late, as will many flights hours after the weather passed.

Traffic Many factors can cause air traffic, and all impact flight arrival times at CZM. Congestion isn't only a problem when you're driving to the airport. It affects aircraft as well and ultimately Cozumel's scheduled flight arrivals. Weather delays cause disruptions in normal air traffic patterns. Flights normally scheduled to arrive at CZM on time might have to 'circle' around greater Cozumel as congestion requires air traffic controllers to hold some flights in a prescribed pattern before they are cleared to land.

So if you check on the flight status of a particular flight within 30 minutes of the scheduled arrival time, you may find a discrepancy, as aircraft placed in holding patterns around Cozumel airport may be reported as having arrived, even though the flight is still in the air.

Go-Arounds A go-around occurs when an aircraft is just about to land at Cozumel airport and the pilot decides it is not safe to land. So you will see (or feel) the plane suddenly increasing altitude, as if it were taking off again. Of course this affects the CZM arrival time for that flight, as it could take up to 30 mins for the aircraft to return and land again.



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