James Donato is a demolitions expert with an explosive temper. When he gets angry, something blows up. A misunderstanding at a bank leads to what he calls his latest "job." He has it all planned. A quick job in the bank, then jump on a plane to Los Angeles at nearby San Francisco International Airport to leave a cold trail. Everything goes fine until Donato encounters the one thing he can't control: the weather. Victoria Kilpatrick is the head of security at SFO. After 9/11, airport security has become more complicated. Security lines are long and every threat is taken seriously. When fog, a long-time nemesis at SFO shuts down the airport, tempers rise and the terminals fill up. James Donato is one of those who has been delayed, and he knows only one way to relieve his anger - explosively. The fog, and by extension, San Francisco International Airport has foiled his perfect bank job, and Donato decides the airport must pay. The FBI, ATF and local police are called in to form a task force to capture Donato before he can make good on his threat. A San Francisco Fire Department Captain, Mark Saxon, is assigned to the task force as a resource in case Donato is somehow successful in detonating a bomb at the airport and an emergency medical and fire response is necessary. The task force is divided over whether the attack will occur out on the field and attack the airport's infrastructure, or occur in the terminals where injury and panic will cause chaos. Using skills he learned during an undistinguished military career, Donato plans a commando-like raid on the airport. Kilpatrick and Saxon fight the FBI and ATF over how to use resources to protect the airport. As Donato's deadline grows closer, there is no agreement on how Donato could carry out his plan. But Donato has already launched it as the task force starts to close in on him. The race is on to prevent an on-time arrival of destruction at San Francisco International Airport.