New Delhi: Dense fog continued to disrupt air traffic for third day today in the national capital, hitting the schedule of over 130 domestic and international flights and causing inconvenience to travellers.
Poor visibility at the main (28/10) as well as third (29/11) runway halted the flight operations today also leading to delay in schedule of flights by upto three to four hours and cancellation of 34 departing and arriving flights.
The runway visibility was almost good at night and operations were smooth but it started to deteriorate after 6:30 AM and take-offs were suspended as runway visibility dropped to less than 125 metres, the required minimum for the low visibility take off (LVTO), an airport official said.
Planes arriving at Delhi airport were able to land using the CAT-III B instrument landing system (ILS), but it was also stopped as the visibility at the one end of the runway went below 50 metres at around 7.30 AM, the official said.
Since the take-offs were suspended after 6.30 AM, flights scheduled to depart after that were put on hold due to which schedules of around 130 domestic and international flights were delayed.
