Air travel hit at Delhi Airport due to foggy conditions and low visibility

Northern states of the country have been experiencing thick fog conditions for a few days. On Monday morning, fog engulfed the national capital disrupting flight operations at Delhi International Airport.

Several domestic and international flights have been delayed owing to the foggy conditions in several parts of the country, the Flight Information Display Board (FIDB) at Indira Gandhi International (IGI) Airport mentioned. 

The delays have been reported from international flights from Riyadh, Bangkok, Frankfurt, and Copenhagen Kashtrup among others. 

Domestic operations too got hit due to dense fog and adverse weather conditions, Delhi Airport FIDB showed.

Dense to very dense fog and cold day to severe cold day conditions are very likely to continue in isolated pockets of Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh, and Uttar Pradesh.

Dense fog conditions in isolated pockets are very likely to prevail for a few hours in the morning over Uttarakhand, north Madhya Pradesh, Sub-Himalayan West Bengal, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Tripura on January 29.

On Sunday, Delhi recorded the maximum temperature of 18.6 degrees Celsius, normal for the season’s average. 

The minimum temperature of 6.0 degrees Celsius, three notches below the season’s average, was recorded in the morning.

According to the IMD, from January 31 to February 1, the weather conditions will be generally cloudy with light rain or drizzle. From January 29 to 30, the city may witness moderate fog.