Icy north winds add to chill, fog wreaks mayhem at airport

New Delhi: The season's third most severe fog cover kept the city's maximum temperature below 14 degrees Celsius through out Friday. Icy northerly winds blowing at 20kmph during the afternoon added to the wind chill factor, making it seem colder than it actually was. The minimum temperature was down to 4.5 degrees Celsius, three below normal.
"The runway visual range at IGI fell from 600m to 50m at 2.30am on the new runway and to 75m on the main runway an hour later. From then till about noon, the RVR fluctuated between 75m and 175m on both runways. Between 7am and 9 am, when RVR was 75 m and 150 m, departures came to a standstill. After that, between 11.15 am and 12.15 pm, all operations were stopped due to air space closure. Once that lifted, there were three VVIP movements, including that of the PM and Vice-President," said an airport official.
21/01/12 Neha Lalchandani/Times of India

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Categories: airports Jan 2012