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Originally Posted by W0X0F
In my flying experience, given that weather across the country was fine, this was an unprecedented routing. I'd love to know what was going on.
An hour of internet sleuthing and I think I can only add to the bewilderment.
They had this reroute going for SoCal/PHX/TX flights going to DC and PHL at the same time as w0x0f's flight: (ignore those lines going from Boise and Utah, they weren't in effect)
Meanwhile everyone from SoCal/PHX/TX to the NY metros got the same route as w0x0f. But there isn't an apparent reason why everyone can't get the slightly more northern route.
So my guess is the people designing the routes that day were worried about weather over TN and volume along the route going through TX. But that doesn't help the poor controller in Albuquerque who has to get everyone over El Paso without going into Mexico's airspace to the south and the Special Use Airspace to the north.