Fog wreaks havoc, 200 flights delayed

New Delhi: With dense fog affecting the Delhi Airport for the second day in a row, Saturday saw major flight delays in the morning and afternoon hours. Most delays were caused due to air traffic congestion since only one runway was being used for most departures. About 200 flights were delayed through the day by one to four hours.
"CAT-III dense fog enveloped the new runway between 4.30am and 8.30am during which time very few operations could take place. The main runway was used for almost all departures in the morning. Delhi handles about 900 flights each day and it is impossible to manage traffic with only one runway in operation," said sources.
Visibility went down from 200m to 50m, between 6.30pm on Friday to 12.30am on Saturday. From 1.30am, very dense fog developed over the area with visibility below 50m.
01/01/12 Times of India

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Categories: airports Jan 2012