Paralysis at airports: Thick fog limits visibility at airports in Kraków and Katowice. Planes are being redirected to other airports, including: to Warsaw, Wrocław and Ostrava, and flights were significantly delayed. “Redirection situation flights is dynamic and initial information may change,” Kraków Airport informs and asks to follow the announcements carefully.
Difficult starts: From the information provided by the Katowice airport, we know that Ryanair flights from Reggio Calabria (FR 7105) and Ryanair from Dortmund (FR 6893) were redirected to Wrocław, and the flights Wizz Air from Dortmund (W6 1092) to Warsaw. Aircraft at this airport “can land with visibility along the runway of not less than 300 meters, Take-offs may take place with a visibility of not less than 125 meters.
Fog at airports: “Situations like this happen the crew does not drop off passengers at the airport redirection, he is just waiting with them on board for the conditions to improve,” confirmed the Katowice airport. In turn, flights from Krakow to Istanbul, Frankfurt and Amsterdam have been canceled. Some flights from Krakow are already being redirected to Katowice. After 11:00, the conditions slightly improved they improved there. Ryanair flights from Athens and Milan-Bergamo landed at the Katowice airport as scheduled.
Dense fog in Poland: From Friday (December 27), the regulations issued by the Institute of Meteorology and Water Management are in force Level 1 warning for dense fog. The alert applies to the Lubusz Voivodeship and parts of the West Pomeranian and Greater Poland Voivodeships and is valid until Saturday noon. In these parts of Poland, fog is forecast, limiting visibility below 200 m.
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Sources: : Radio Zet, Cracow Airport [Facebook]Katowice Airport [Facebook]