Patna: As dense fog engulfed city, at least 24 flights were delayed at Jayaprakash Narayan International (JPNI) Airport here on Saturday.
Minimum runway visual range (RVR) of 1,000 metre is required for a flight for safe landing and 600 metre for safe take-off. According to a weather scientist at Patna Meteorological Department, the 1,000m visibility was achieved after 11am. “At 8am, the visibility was 100m. However, the dense fog cleared because of wind velocity,” the weather scientist said.
Patna airport officials said due to foggy conditions in morning hours, several incoming and outgoing flights were delayed. “Flights started departing from the airport after 11am. The only silver lining is that no flight was cancelled due to bad weather. GoAir’s flight between Delhi and Patna was cancelled due to operational reasons,” the official said, adding the flights were delayed by 30 minutes to three hours.
A SpiceJet executive said the airline’s morning flights to Patna from Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad were delayed due to bad weather in the city. “Our first flight touched down at Patna airport after 11am only after the visibility improved. As a precautionary measure, we had already informed the pilots about bad weather conditions in Patna,” the executive added.
29/12/19 Faryal Rumi/Times of India
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Minimum runway visual range (RVR) of 1,000 metre is required for a flight for safe landing and 600 metre for safe take-off. According to a weather scientist at Patna Meteorological Department, the 1,000m visibility was achieved after 11am. “At 8am, the visibility was 100m. However, the dense fog cleared because of wind velocity,” the weather scientist said.
Patna airport officials said due to foggy conditions in morning hours, several incoming and outgoing flights were delayed. “Flights started departing from the airport after 11am. The only silver lining is that no flight was cancelled due to bad weather. GoAir’s flight between Delhi and Patna was cancelled due to operational reasons,” the official said, adding the flights were delayed by 30 minutes to three hours.
A SpiceJet executive said the airline’s morning flights to Patna from Delhi, Mumbai and Hyderabad were delayed due to bad weather in the city. “Our first flight touched down at Patna airport after 11am only after the visibility improved. As a precautionary measure, we had already informed the pilots about bad weather conditions in Patna,” the executive added.
29/12/19 Faryal Rumi/Times of India
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