For the first time in this season, the effect of fog was seen on the airline on Friday. The movement of many aircraft was affected due to dense fog in the morning. For example, go First flight arriving from Delhi at Jammu airport at 7.35 am, was delayed by 3 hours 45 minutes and reached 11:13 am. Apart from this, SpiceJet’s flight coming from Delhi arrived late by one hour and 32 minutes at 10.50 am. At the same time, IndiGo’s flight coming from Delhi was able to land at Jammu airport only at 10.41 am instead of 9.35 am.
Apart from this, the Air India flight coming from Leh to Jammu in the morning was also delayed from its scheduled time of 10.15 minutes to 2 hours 49 minutes and reached Jammu at 1:13 am. The departure of this aircraft takes place at 11:20 pm, but due to its late arrival, its departure was possible only at 2 pm. However, the plane arriving in the afternoon continued to arrive on time, while the movement of some aircraft in the morning was affected by fog. Flights from Delhi were also delayed due to fog, due to which they also reached Jammu late. However, the Jammu airport can land planes amidst the fog.
At Jammu airport, planes can be landed at 800 meters even amid fog, but landing can be risky if the visibility is less than this. On Friday, as soon as the mist started to subside in the morning, aircraft movement started. On the other hand, the planes which were delayed in arrival, their departure from here was also delayed. The Airport Authority says that all aircraft movement has happened on Friday. However, there were some delays in the morning flights.
