Flights delayed due to fog at IGI

New Delhi: Dense fog enveloped the airport here on Wednesday morning delaying over half a dozen domestic flights.
Seven morning flights to Amritsar, Mumbai, Leh, Chandigarh, Pune and Patna were delayed by upto one hour as the visibility at the runway dropped to 100 metres, airport sources said.
“The runway visibility hovered between 200 to 350 metres at around 8 am, leading to implementation of CAT-III instrument landing system,” Director of the Indira Gandhi International Airport MeT department R K Jenamani said.
The general visibility at the airport was recorded at 150 metres while the runway visibility of main runway (28/10) dipped to a low of 600 metres.
Unlike last year, Delhi has not experienced any major flight disruption or diversion due to dense fog this time around.
Over 1,000 flights were delayed last season despite two CAT-III B compliant runways at the Delhi airport.
30/12/09 PTI/The Hindu

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Categories: Airports Dec 2009