Toward the end of service, the airport suffered at least two major fires that forced traffic to be diverted to other airports.
Twenty minutes after the crash, he said, visibility fell below that minimum, and several pilots who sought to land were diverted to other airports.
Subsequent flights to the airport were diverted to alternate airports.
A few flights were diverted to other airports because of the incident.
One plane was forced to circle for nearly an hour when the storm struck, and three more were diverted to other airports.
There are also concerns that with aircraft stranded at their stands, new arrivals will have to be diverted to other airports.
Many incoming flights were diverted to other airports in the region.
The airport closed at 01:00, blaming slippery runways, and flights were diverted to other airports.
In bad weather, thousands of flights are diverted to other airports in addition to those canceled.
Continental Airlines said that more than 100 of its flights were diverted to alternate airports yesterday.