Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you flying to Florida? It’s been raining there.

Tokyo. Weather was/is fine.

Looks like you just had bad luck- probably a maintenance issue that wasn't detected until the plane was getting prepped for departure? None of the other flights leaving Dulles around mid-day yesterday were delayed, including the ANA flight to Tokyo that left 10 minutes before your scheduled departure time.

https://www.flightstats.com/v2/flight-tracker/departures/IAD?year=2024&month=6&date=15&hour=12

Anonymous wrote:Are you flying to Florida? It’s been raining there.

Tokyo. Weather was/is fine.

Anonymous wrote:There is the air show at air and space museum. Traffic had to stop this afternoon for them all to leave

Air traffic?? but it wouldn't have caused 3, 4 hours delay, no way.

There is the air show at air and space museum. Traffic had to stop this afternoon for them all to leave

Anonymous wrote:It's just OP's flight, not airport-wide

https://www.flightview.com/airport/IAD-Washington-DC-(Dulles)/delay

Dulles is showing "Normal" status from FAA. Total general delays are < 15 minutes.

I'm guessing OP is flying to an area with weather and they aren't getting clearance to start the journey, from the arriving airport.

This. Always fly first thing in the morning, especially in summer.

Are you flying to Florida? It’s been raining there.

It's just OP's flight, not airport-wide

https://www.flightview.com/airport/IAD-Washington-DC-(Dulles)/delay

Dulles is showing "Normal" status from FAA. Total general delays are < 15 minutes.

I'm guessing OP is flying to an area with weather and they aren't getting clearance to start the journey, from the arriving airport.

That's the worst. What's the issue?

sitting at gate for 3 hours then taxing for 45 mins+. still waiting on runway. bad day.