Airport curfew

How it is used

Used when explaining why a late flight cannot operate as planned; the restrictions are airport-specific.

Example sentences

1. The airport curfew meant that our delayed departure had to wait until morning.

   An operating restriction can prevent a late departure from simply moving later.

2. The planner checked the airport curfew before proposing a new arrival time.

   Arrival planning also has to account for local operating limits.

Common collocations

• night airport curfew
• airport curfew restrictions

Related terms

• delayA situation in which a flight, train or other service leaves or arrives later than planned; as a verb it means to make something late.
• rebookTo book again, especially to move a passenger to a different flight, train or date after a cancellation, delay or missed connection.

More terms: Delays, Cancellations & Connections

• cancel
• connecting flight
• layover
• gate change
• missed connection
• compensation
• overbooked
• transit
• ETA
• stopover
• self-transfer
• minimum connection time