Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[MrFenner]

If the wind dictates that it's 09 again tomorrow and the forecast turns out to be correct I suppose there might be a repeat of today.

Looks like your prediction was right. 2 currently in the hold overhead... (2 x RYR)

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Looks like your prediction was right. 2 currently in the hold overhead... (2 x RYR)

Looks as though one of the Ryanairs (from Alicante) diverted to Stansted. Everything else now appears to have landed at BRS this morning.

 

[Kingshat]

Looking at FR24 and listening to the departing airport (sic) above my house it seems that the non-Cat3b runway 09 is in use today. The forecast was for mist this morning as it is for tomorrow early morning. If the wind dictates that it's 09 again tomorrow and the forecast turns out to be correct I suppose there might be a repeat of today.

As a matter of record easyJet flights from Belfast International and Glasgow were diverted to Cardiff Airport as was an Aer Lingus flight from Dublin.

easyJet diverted a flight from Edinburgh to Birmingham Airport, as did Ryanair with flights from Poznan, Malaga and Palma.

Aircraft began landing again from late morning and over the lunch period about 15 passenger aircraft arrived. The diverted easyJet aircraft that went to CWL also returned according to FR24. I presume the diverted easyJet aircraft to BHX also returned to BRS.

The BRS website is showing Ryanair's return sectors to Poznan, Malaga and Palma as cancelled, as was the return Aer Lingus flight to Dublin (nothing shown suggesting passengers might have been bussed to the diversion airports).

Incidentally, my wife heard something on the local lunchtime news about the airport working on equipment that caused the aircraft to divert. She's not interested in aviation and was only half listening but did mention it to me later.

The Runway 27 ILS has been unavailable for about a month whilst a new one has been installed. Commissioning flight checks have taken place yesterday and today which, if successful, will be followed by more ground testing. The ILS is then required to be soak tested for a short period before returning to Cat 1 operations, hopefully on Saturday evening. Cat 3b landings will recommence after a further 300 hours of fault free running - the ILS will generally not be available on Runway 09 during this period, unless the weather dictates that it is required for landing. All being well the airport should return to normal ILS operations by 1st October.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

There seemed to be a short period this morning when aircraft did not land. Immediately prior to that and afterwards arrivals appear to have been normal. From where I live I can see the top of Dundry and it was clear around 8 this morning but misted in for an hour or so after that. It's been clear in bright sunlight for the rest of the morning.

Two easyJets were diverted during that period: from Glasgow to Luton and from Belfast International to Liverpool. FR24 shows the aircraft concerned returning to BRS within an hour or so.

Kingshat has explained the work being carried out on the ILS - see #1,523 above.

 

[MrFenner]

Mother Nature is up to her usual tricks again this evening up at BRS…

Currently 6 holding overhead.

I believe visibility is down to 600m or less.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Mother Nature is up to her usual tricks again this evening up at BRS…

Currently 6 holding overhead.

I believe visibility is down to 600m or less.

Ryanair from Faro and Palma both diverted to Stansted according to FR24. Everything else last night seems to have landed including nine between 2200 and midnight and five after midnight into the early hours. Although it's murky in the Bristol area this morning there are no diversions shown at the moment.

I think runway 27 has been the active one in recent days and in normal circumstances the Cat3B would have enabled most aircraft to land. Kingshat suggests that all things being equal normal ILS operations should return from 1 October - #1523 above.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Saturday 9 October 2021

I live about eight miles to the east of BRS and when I woke up this morning the fog was as thick as I can remember. Our house is around 400 feet AMSL just over 200 feet lower than BRS. I was expecting a number of diversions this morning but it seems that everything has taken off or landed.

The active runway seems to be the non Cat3-equipped 09 although according to FR24 a couple of Ryanair arrivals used 27.

Was this one of those mornings when BRS stood above the surrounding fog banks? I could barely see across the road at one point where I live.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Friday 26 November 2021

Loganair LM045 from Aberdeen due 1545 and the return LM046 at 1615 were both cancelled. No doubt due to the severe storms north of the border.

The other 54 departures and so far arrivals have operated without interruption, including a total of nine flights to/from Edinburgh, Glasgow and Inverness. some this evening.

 

[MrFenner]

A swathe of diverts this evening due to fog at BRS, however magically the Ryanair Lanzarote arrived at 21:42 when everything else was diverting…!

Divert airports: BHX, LGW, CWL, LTN.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

A swathe of diverts this evening due to fog at BRS, however magically the Ryanair Lanzarote arrived at 21:42 when everything else was diverting…!

Divert airports: BHX, LGW, CWL, LTN.

Crikey. Easterly winds no doubt with no Cat3 on 09. FR24 shows following aircraft diverted last night in scheduled arrival time order:

2025 easyJet A320neo from Inverness diverted to Birmingham
2125 Ryanair B738 from Dublin diverted to Gatwick
2130 easyJet A320 from Glasgow diverted to Gatwick
2145 easyJet A320neo from Amsterdam diverted to Gatwick
2150 easyJet A321 from Paris CDG diverted to Gatwick
2150 easyJet A320neo from Geneva diverted to Gatwick
2150 easyJet A320 from Madrid diverted to Gatwick
2200 easyJet A319 from Newcastle diverted to Luton
2200 Ryanair B738 from Valencia diverted to Gatwick
2205 KLM E190 from Amsterdam diverted to Cardiff
2205 easyJet A320neo from Belfast Int diverted to Cardiff
2210 easyJet A320 from Edinburgh diverted to Gatwick
2225 Wizz Air A320 from Katowice diverted to Cardiff
2230 easyJet A320 from Berlin diverted to Gatwick
2320 easyJet A320 from Tenerife South diverted to Gatwick

 

[MrFenner]

Yet again the fog is causing chaos, lots in the hold at the moment and also a fair few have been diverted already…

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Yet again the fog is causing chaos, lots in the hold at the moment and also a fair few have been diverted already…

Aircraft have been landing again for a while but FR24 shows the active runway is 27. Does anyone know if that runway has been in use all day? Unusual to find so many diversions and long holds with that Cat3b runway. The wind seems very light and the weather is still murky.

Looking at FR24 and the airport website I can only find five actual diversions although there are a lot of aircraft landing late at the moment.

The diversions are (thus far):

Lufthansa from Frankfurt at mid-morning returned to FRA according to FR24
KLM from Amsterdam at lunchtime returned to AMS according to FR24
Ryanair from Krakow at lunchtime diverted to Exeter according to FR24
Ryanair from Faro at lunchtime diverted to Exeter according to FR24
Jet2 from Arrecife at mid-afternoon diverted to Birmingham according to FR24

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Aircraft have been landing since early afternoon when the active runway seems to have been 27. The last landing was at 1820 hours. It seems the non-Car3b 09 is now the active runway and currently four aircraft (three easyJet and one Ryanair) are holding overhead.

Apart from those holding at the moment another 22 arrivals are still scheduled for this evening.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Update on my previous post.

In addition to the above five diversions (post #1532) an evening easyJet from Alicante diverted to Gatwick. The following have also been cancelled today:

One of the four easyJet rotations to/from Geneva
Aurigny from/to Guernsey
Teatime KLM from/to Amsterdam
Evening easyJet to/from Belfast Int
easyJet to/from Inverness
Blue Islands from/to Jersey
Loganair from/to Aberdeen
easyJet from Tenerife (no outbound shown in the BRS website departures page)
Enter Air from Paris CDG (previously cancelled as rugby match for which was to be the team bus postponed)

Today there should have been 70 airline departures and 70 arrivals.

As at 2220 hours there are five airliners holding above the airport with ten more due to land before midnight. The last airliner to land was at 2145 hours.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Bristol Airport issues Storm Eunice warning - '80mph winds expected'

Bristol Airport has warned travellers to take precautions as Storm Eunice hits the West Country

www.bristolpost.co.uk

Half term begins this weekend in the Bristol area. On Friday nearly 70 airline departures are scheduled with the same number of arrivals.

Already the Aer Lingus from/to Dublin (0750/0835) and the KLM from/to Amsterdam (0830/0900) have been cancelled. The 0600 KLM to AMS will be in overnight and the third of the day is not due in and out until teatime.

Jet2 has pushed back the departure of its 0850 service to Tenerife to 1430 and the departure of its 1000 service to Antalya to 1400.

The worst of the storm is projected to be over by lunchtime but winds are still likely to be extremely significant.

 

[Aviador]

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[TheLocalYokel]

Bristol Airport issues Storm Eunice warning - '80mph winds expected'

Bristol Airport has warned travellers to take precautions as Storm Eunice hits the West Country

www.bristolpost.co.uk

Half term begins this weekend in the Bristol area. On Friday nearly 70 airline departures are scheduled with the same number of arrivals.

Already the Aer Lingus from/to Dublin (0750/0835) and the KLM from/to Amsterdam (0830/0900) have been cancelled. The 0600 KLM to AMS will be in overnight and the third of the day is not due in and out until teatime.

Jet2 has pushed back the departure of its 0850 service to Tenerife to 1430 and the departure of its 1000 service to Antalya to 1400.

The worst of the storm is projected to be over by lunchtime but winds are still likely to be extremely significant.

KLM has now cancelled the teatime rotation tomorrow from/to AMS.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Friday 18 February 2022

The winds played havoc with operations at BRS today but a lot more departures operated than I anticipated would be the case when I checked the weather forecast last night with Storm Eunice projecting 80 mph winds.

The following departures took place, albeit some with severe delays.

easyJet: Faro, Glasgow (x 3), Malaga, Paris Orly, Krakow, Geneva (x 2), Innsbruck, Alicante (x 2), Barcelona, Lisbon, Belfast International, Edinburgh (x 2), Venice, Prague, Rome, Tenerife South. Berlin, Newcastle, Madrid 24

Ryanair: Krakow, Rzeszow, Bergamo, Warsaw Modlin, Dublin (x 3), Seville, Turin, Alicante, Gdansk, Arrecife, Barcelona, Cologne, Malaga 15

Jet 2:Tenerife, Antalya 2

TUI: Tenerife South, Hurghada 2

KLM: Amsterdam 1

Eurowings: Prague 1

Loganair: Aberdeen 1

Aurigny: Guernsey 1

Blue Islands: Jersey 1

Total departed 48

The following departures were cancelled.

easyJet: Amsterdam (x 2), Basel, Edinburgh (x 2), Inverness, Newcastle, Toulouse, Glasgow, Isle of Man, Belfast International, Paris CDG 12

Ryanair: Knock, Valencia, Kaunas (the inbound Kaunas diverted to Birmingham with no indication of the return working to Lithuania) 3

KLM: Amsterdam (x 2) 2

Aer Lingus: Dublin 1

Lufthansa: Frankfurt 1

Total departures cancelled 19

Arrivals seemed to mirror the departures except for Kaunas mentioned above.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Saturday 19 February 2022

Ryanair FR8207 from Budapest due BRS at 1235 diverted to Stansted.

The local rag has already done a piece about it but it doesn't make clear why the aircraft was diverted, although it does talk about the aircraft being affected by winds (but that seems to be based on a passenger's comment) and sick bags being handed out.

Several other passenger aircraft landed at BRS around that time.

Ryanair flight diverted 167 miles away after sick bags handed out

Passengers end up 174 miles from where they wanted to be

www.bristolpost.co.uk

 

[MrFenner]

Wx Diverts

4 diverts away from BRS last night due to gusty winds affecting the airfield:

3 x EZY (PFO, GVA & LPA) diverted to LGW
1 x FR (ALC) diverted to STN

It seems there’s storms and hail in todays forecast for the airfield too.