What is this FAA site used for?

I needed to make multiple flights to and within the East Coast during
the extended weather troubles last week, and thought the following site
would be a useful source of current information on the status of
multiple airports:

http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp

It wasn't. The entire Northeast remained full of nothing but totally
green dots -- in fact, every airport in the entire U.S., with three
minor exception, remained totally green for the entire period.

So I'm asking again (partly out of curiosity, partly for future
reference):

1) What is this site for? What is its purpose, if any?

2) What other site(s) might one go to, to get a _single-site_ overview
of the current delay or closure status of major airports, on a
nation-wide or at least region-wide basis?

The only such site that I discovered myself and found useful was

http://flightaware.com/live/

On Sun, 14 Feb 2010 08:16:26 -0800, AES
wrote:

I needed to make multiple flights to and within the East Coast during
the extended weather troubles last week, and thought the following site
would be a useful source of current information on the status of
multiple airports:

http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp

It wasn't. The entire Northeast remained full of nothing but totally
green dots -- in fact, every airport in the entire U.S., with three
minor exception, remained totally green for the entire period.

It seems to be for flight delays; I reckon a cancelled flight
isn't considred to be delayed.

As the note says: "The status information provided on this site
indicates general airport conditions; it is not flight-specific.
Check with your airline to determine if your flight is affected"

So I'm asking again (partly out of curiosity, partly for future
reference):

1) What is this site for? What is its purpose, if any?

2) What other site(s) might one go to, to get a _single-site_ overview
of the current delay or closure status of major airports, on a
nation-wide or at least region-wide basis?

The only such site that I discovered myself and found useful was

http://flightaware.com/live/

That one can be used for specific flight information.

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On Feb 14, 9:16*am, AES wrote:
I needed to make multiple flights to and within the East Coast during
the extended weather troubles last week, and thought the following site
would be a useful source of current information on the status of
multiple airports:

* *http://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp

It wasn't. *The entire Northeast remained full of nothing but totally
green dots -- in fact, every airport in the entire U.S., with three
minor exception, remained totally green for the entire period.

So I'm asking again (partly out of curiosity, partly for future
reference):

1) *What is this site for? *What is its purpose, if any?

2) *What other site(s) might one go to, to get a _single-site_ overview
of the current delay or closure status of major airports, on a
nation-wide or at least region-wide basis?

http://www.flightstats.com

2) What other site(s) might one go to, to get a _single-site_ overview
of the current delay or closure status of major airports, on a
nation-wide or at least region-wide basis?


Another site is
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...ype=DelayIndex

Seems each site has pros and cons. Not aware of which is best overall.

In article ,
"TEP" wrote:

2) What other site(s) might one go to, to get a _single-site_ overview
of the current delay or closure status of major airports, on a
nation-wide or at least region-wide basis?

Another site is
http://www.usatoday.com/travel/fligh...mapType=DelayI
ndex

Seems each site has pros and cons. Not aware of which is best overall.

Thanks; this one does look pretty good.