they would reexpect to reopen at 6:59 p.m. laguardia is so critical to any air travel into and out of the big apple. and so when you have laguardia shut down it creates a pretty significant ripple effect. how however, i said that but will also now say, you had significantly reduced schedules into and out of the northeast because of the storm. it's entirely possible that the impact today on the system will not be as great as it would have been had this been a blue sky day, monday through friday on a weekday. >> and by the way, we've just heard from a wnbc reporter nbc reporter there that officials say there were only some minor injuries minor injuries only according to the fire department there. captain john cox is an msnbc analyst and joins us by phone. tell us about that runway and what the plane was likely experiencing given the weather? >> well the runway is about 7,000 feet long both of the runways in laguardia are pretty much the same length. and laguardia is considered what i would call reasonably short airport, it's one