Airport Wind

How strong does the wind have to be before they shut down the SBH airport?

[h=2]Emergency after F-18 is blown off the runway in Palma[/h]The F-18 at Palma airport yesterday.

Palma.—Hurricane force winds peaking at 140 kilometres per hour caused chaos in the Balearics yesterday and disrupted Spanish Air Force maneuvers.
At 9am, four Spanish F-18s took off from Son San Joan air base to join other aircraft as part of Operation Sirio Tormenta 2014 yesterday morning.
But, when they returned to base two-and-a-half hours later, the cross winds at the air base had picked up and were gusting at 40 knots, just over 74 kilometres per hour, and as one of the F-18 came in to land, it was caught in the cross wind and was blown off the runway causing a major emergency.

Don't know how strong - but it happens. Some years ago we couldn't get off the island - no planes flying and there was NO way I was taking the ferry! It turned out the trip insurance covered the delay - we got a letter from Winair stating they didn't fly that day and all related expenses were covered - hotel room, car rental for a day, and all meals. Expenses were more than the cost of the insurance!