Flight operations disrupts at IGI airport as visibility drops due to dense fog in Delhi-NCR

New Delhi: Visibility has deteriorated due to the dense fog cover in the atmosphere. Its effect is being seen on the flights operating from Delhi airport. Many flights have been affected by the fog. Dense fog has enveloped Delhi airport in the national capital, causing flights scheduled to depart from here to be cancelled for the time being.

According to sources, after speaking with people, it has been discovered that about a half-dozen flights are being delayed due to excessive fog, causing landing problems. According to the Airport Authority, the visibility procedure is ongoing at the airport, and flights are continuing as usual, but the passengers are constantly saying who is at the airport and saying that about dozen of flights are delayed.

According to sources, the visibility is down to 70 meters at the airport. Since this morning, 7 flights have been diverted and several others have been delayed. The departure from the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) is still slow, this is because only CAT III-equipped planes can operate in this weather.

The Airport Authority of India is yet to issue a fresh statement in this regard.

About 6:30 this morning, a limited visibility procedure was started at Delhi Airport. Four of the flights that were diverted are operated by Vistara airlines.

Today’s lowest and maximum temperatures in Delhi were significantly above average for the season as the city awoke to a coating of fog. Tuesday, a day after the mercury climbed to a record high, saw a maximum temperature in Delhi that was seven degrees Celsius above average.

The Safdarjung observatory, the main meteorological station for the national capital, reported a high temperature of 33.6 degrees Celsius on Monday, making it the third warmest February day in Delhi since 1969. The reading was nine tiers higher than average.

The lowest temperature on Tuesday morning was 16.1 degrees Celsius, which is five degrees above average. On Monday, Delhi had a low of 13.1, which is two degrees warmer than the season’s normal.