The capital woke up to dense fog — first of the season — on Monday morning, with areas in and around the Indira Gandhi International Airport seeing low visibility. According to officials, one of the three runways were closed for two-and-a-half hours. While no flights were cancelled, one was diverted and around 50 flights were delayed.
“Since one runway was shut from 7 am to 9.30 am, and flights were waiting in sequence, there were slight delays,” said an official of the Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL).
The official said landing was not disrupted as it is possible to land even when visibility is as low as 50 m, as the runways are equipped with CAT IIIB Instrument Landing Systems.
