1. Arriving planes filled with passengers were forced to sit on the tarmac due to the lack of gate space.
2. It also holds down operating costs if arriving planes can be unloaded, cleaned, refueled and prepared for takeoff in that time frame, she said.
3. It also has runways that intersect, rather than run parallel, so that an arriving plane and a departing plane may be on perpendicular runways.
4. The atmosphere along the two-lane road felt like an airport when an arriving plane is late.
5. Until the new terminal opened, most arriving planes were forced to park on the tarmac, and passengers were bused to passport control or transit lounges.
6. All international and domestic takeoffs were grounded, and some arriving planes were diverted to other airports.
7. Four arriving planes were diverted or never departed for Cairo, officials said.
8. Four arriving planes were diverted or held here upon landing, officials said.
9. Logan International Airport controllers guided arriving planes Sunday using a composite radar system from three regional airports, one day after a wind storm knocked out its central antenna.
10. Some arriving planes waited two hours to unload their passengers and departing aircraft lined up to be de-iced.