Rain on Tuesday led to go-arounds, delays and diversion of flights at the city’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (CSMIA). While a Mumbai International Airport Pvt Ltd (MIAL) spokesperson said that operations were normal with few delays, flightradar24, an online platform that displays real-time flight movements, stated that on average, departing flights were delayed by 53 minutes and arriving flights by 13 minutes. It mentioned that a total of 473 flights (260 departures and 119 arrivals) were delayed till 11pm.
“One flight had to be diverted while five others performed go-arounds,” said the MIAL spokesperson. Sources from Mumbai airport said that four flights were cancelled during the day. However, none of them were due to weather-related issues.
