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Greater than 120 flights have been delayed on the Delhi Airport until 10 am on Tuesday, 26 December, 2023, on account of fog. As many as 5 planes have been diverted to Rajasthan’s Jaipur.
The passengers have been alerted about flight delays as dense fog continued to hover over the nationwide capital for the third consecutive day, bringing down the visibility to just about zero.
At 10 am (IST), the Indira Gandhi Worldwide Airport Palam Delhi continued to be coated with dense fog, with normal visibility remaining at 50m.
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In keeping with studies, 55 home departures and 39 home arrivals have been delayed. Additionally, 17 worldwide departures and 12 worldwide arrivals delayed on account of fog.
An advisory was additionally issued by the Delhi airport for passengers which stated whereas the touchdown and takeoffs proceed, flights that aren’t CAT III compliant could also be affected.
The CAT III instrument is an anti-fog touchdown system initiated throughout poor visibility.
On Monday (25 December), as many as eight flights have been diverted from the Delhi airport – seven to Jaipur and one to Ahmedabad. As per officers, the flight diversions occurred between 6 am and 9 am.
Delhi climate forecast
On Tuesday, a thick blanket of fog engulfed Delhi, whereas the mercury dipped to 7 levels Celsius, practically a notch beneath the season’s regular.
Low visibility because of the dense fog was reported from a number of areas of town, akin to Safdarjung, Anand Vihar and India Gate.
The visibility recorded at Delhi’s predominant climate station at Safdarjung was 200 metres at 5:30 am. It was 100 metres at Palam.
In keeping with a climate forecast, very dense fog is more likely to be witnessed in remoted pockets of Delhi and surrounding areas.
In the meantime, with a studying of 374, the Air High quality Index (AQI) of the nationwide capital remained within the “very poor” class at 9:05 am.
An AQI between zero and 50 is taken into account “good”, 51 and 100 “satisfactory”, 101 and 200 “moderate”, 201 and 300 “poor”, 301 and 400 “very poor”, and 401 and 500 “severe”.
As per India Meteorological Division (IMD), Delhi is more likely to expertise fog until 28 December. There can be foggy circumstances from 29 to 30 December, and the minimal temperature is anticipated to dip by a couple of notches.
With inputs from businesses