Instead, he and Shahid Khan were driven to Birmingham airport and flew to Islamabad.
Aircraft would fly closer to some villages under plans to change Birmingham Airport's flight paths.
June Morris, from Cheshire, arrived at Birmingham Airport this morning from New York and told the BBC about the storm.
Birmingham Airport was open for most of Sunday until the evening when it was forced to close for two hours and flights were temporarily diverted.
Birmingham Airport says the proposed new high-speed rail link between the city and London could be a solution to runway capacity problems in the South.
Birmingham Airport has suspended all flights until at least 18:00 GMT.
John Morris, of Birmingham Airport, said the airport had the capacity for another nine million passengers and added that the South East's runways were "over heating".
"(Birmingham Airport Authority) President and CEO Al Denson and the staff are continuing to work with officials to investigate, " said Gaynell Hendricks, the chairwoman of the authority's board.
Birmingham International station is situated next to Birmingham Airport.
In a second category A case, which was reported recently by the Air Accidents Investigation Branch, a departing BAe 146 aircraft almost collided on the ground with an arriving two-seater Piper aircraft at Birmingham airport.
The Birmingham Airport and NEC areas are also part of the scheme, along with the A41 Warwick Road, the road from Birmingham to Walsall, the west of the Black Country, the A457 Dudley Road and north Coventry.
About 50 jobs could be axed by Birmingham International Airport, which has seen passenger numbers fall.
Birmingham International Airport said it was operating normally on Friday with no cancellations as a result of the weather.
It also has shares in businesses such as Birmingham International Airport.
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The western leg of HS2 from Birmingham stops at Manchester Airport.
And there would be a 15-year priority programme of improvements to the rail network, including the introduction of high speed links between London, Heathrow Airport, Birmingham and Manchester.
The large digital sign -- showing when and where flights were arriving to and departing -- collapsed around 2:30 p.m. inside Birmingham-Shuttlesworth International Airport, airport spokeswoman Toni Herrera-Bast said.
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Birmingham is currently England's second largest regional airport after Manchester, serving 9.6m passengers a year.
The interviews were conducted in South Wales, Birmingham, the Tinsley House detention centre near Gatwick airport, London and Crawley.
The preferred route of phase two running northwards from Birmingham will have stops at: Manchester, Manchester Airport, Toton, Sheffield and Leeds.
The second route, which will link Birmingham to stations in Crewe, Manchester and Manchester Airport, will affect parts of Staffordshire near to Lichfield, Rugeley, Stafford and Stone.
An airport spokesman said seven flights were diverted to Birmingham and hundreds of passengers were bussed from Birmingham back to East Midlands.
Airport bosses said it will be quicker to get to London from Birmingham than from London Stansted if it is approved.
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