Raipur: A thick blanket of dense fog that enveloped Swami Vivekananda Airport since wee hours of Wednesday severely affected the air operations. Virtually, landing and take-off of all the flights remained suspended till the requisite visibility of 1200 meter was achieved by 10 am. As many as seven flights to several destinations were delayed.
“Indigo 6E 445 Kolkata-Raipur-Indore was the flight of day, which was delayed by 4 four hours due to fog. The flight’s Schedule Time of Arrival (STA) was 0715 hours and its Schedule Time of Departure (STD) was 0830 hours. But the airport runway merely had visibility of 50 meters at 7 am. Henceforth, the flight’s Actual Time of Arrival (ATA) read 1115 hours whereas its Actual Time of Departure (ATD) today was 1155 hours,” Raipur Airport Director Rakesh R Sahay told The Hitavada.
According to Sahay, the visibility of runway gradually improved. “It reached 100 meter by 9 am, then 350 meters at 9.35 am and finally 1200 meters at 10 am after which the flight operations resumed normalcy,” he added.
Apropos, the other flights, which were delayed today also included Indigo 6E 2575 Delhi-Raipur-Hyderabad expected to reach here at 0835 hours (STA) was delayed by two hours and two minutes to arrive at 1037 hours (ATA). Thus, the flight’s 0905 hours (STD) was delayed to 1118 hours (ATD). Alike, the private carrier’s another flight 6E 405 Bengaluru-Raipur-Bengaluru flight was also partially affected today due to fog as its STA of 0950 hours was delayed by 30 minutes to read the ATA at 1020 hours and therefore, it’s ATD read 1045 minutes.
20/12/18 Hitavada
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“Indigo 6E 445 Kolkata-Raipur-Indore was the flight of day, which was delayed by 4 four hours due to fog. The flight’s Schedule Time of Arrival (STA) was 0715 hours and its Schedule Time of Departure (STD) was 0830 hours. But the airport runway merely had visibility of 50 meters at 7 am. Henceforth, the flight’s Actual Time of Arrival (ATA) read 1115 hours whereas its Actual Time of Departure (ATD) today was 1155 hours,” Raipur Airport Director Rakesh R Sahay told The Hitavada.
According to Sahay, the visibility of runway gradually improved. “It reached 100 meter by 9 am, then 350 meters at 9.35 am and finally 1200 meters at 10 am after which the flight operations resumed normalcy,” he added.
Apropos, the other flights, which were delayed today also included Indigo 6E 2575 Delhi-Raipur-Hyderabad expected to reach here at 0835 hours (STA) was delayed by two hours and two minutes to arrive at 1037 hours (ATA). Thus, the flight’s 0905 hours (STD) was delayed to 1118 hours (ATD). Alike, the private carrier’s another flight 6E 405 Bengaluru-Raipur-Bengaluru flight was also partially affected today due to fog as its STA of 0950 hours was delayed by 30 minutes to read the ATA at 1020 hours and therefore, it’s ATD read 1045 minutes.
20/12/18 Hitavada
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