Bristol: Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[Aviador]

sat on top pf a hill. well they both aint doing to bad for that. keep up the good work at both hill tops.

So true. It's easy for us to sit on the sidelines like football referees saying we could do better but really both airports are doing exceptionally well all considered.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

sat on top pf a hill. well they both aint doing to bad for that. keep up the good work at both hill tops.

So true. It's easy for us to sit on the sidelines like football referees saying we could do better but really both airports are doing exceptionally well all considered.

If the weather forecast is anywhere near correct Monday morning could be interesting with 80 mph-plus winds and torrential rain seemingly aiming straight and true for the Bristol area. The worst might have been through by the time the morning departure rush begins but there might be lingering problems especially for those trying to reach the airport.

 

[Aviador]

It's not looking good if we are to believe the forecasters. Fair play to them if they get it right because the depression wasn't even there when it was first forecast. It's a "stay at home and only go out if you really need to" day coming up. For us up North it's looking like we will miss the worst of it so we'll be looking out for the odd aircraft diversion heading northbound to keep us on our toes.

A very intense low pressure system is forecast to run northeastwards across the country early on Monday, bringing the potential for an exceptionally windy spell for southern parts of the UK. At the same time, persistent, heavy rain could cause some surface water flooding, while the winds will lead to some very large waves around our coasts.

There remains some uncertainty in the timing, intensity and track of the low. However, the public should be prepared for the risk of falling trees as well as damage to buildings and other structures, bringing disruption to transport and power supplies.

A developing storm is expected to reach the UK later on Sunday. This is expected to run northeastwards, probably across England and Wales during Monday, with very strong winds on its southern and western flanks. [hi-lighty:zx9djqcn]There is the potential for gusts of 60-80 mph quite widely and locally over 80 mph, especially on exposed coasts, both in the southwesterly winds ahead of the low centre and west to northwesterly winds behind it.[/hi-lighty:zx9djqcn]

20 to 40 mm of rain may fall within 6 to 9 hours, leading to localised flooding, especially where drainage is impeded by wind-blown debris.

This warning will be updated Sunday morning.

 

[big g]

It's been gusting up to 35kts tonight and ant a present place to be working out on the ramp. Some of the flights were close to their limits.

It's going to an interesting few days.

 

[big g]

Looks like it will be an interesting night tonight, all aircraft will be parked in to wind so those parked on the weston walkway will stop on the taxiway then be pushed backwards on to stand with the nose facing south.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Looks like it will be an interesting night tonight, all aircraft will be parked in to wind so those parked on the weston walkway will stop on the taxiway then be pushed backwards on to stand with the nose facing south.

Many thanks big g.

http://www.bristolpost.co.uk/UK-storm-B ... story.html

Above piece on Bristol Post website this evening saying that airport is warning passengers that there may be delays tomorrow because of the weather.

Local BBC tv weather forecaster says that the M 5 corridor between Burnham-on-Sea and Bristol may suffer the strongest winds of anywhere in the country - possibly over 80 mph - with BRS sitting on that 600 foot plateau completely exposed to the Bristol Channel right in the firing line.

A check shows that 20 passenger aircraft are scheduled to arrive between 2100 and 0300 with 23 departures due out tomorrow between 0600 and 0900, plus the corporate shuttles.

Looking at the airport website arrival/departure pages it seems that thus far everything continues to arrive and depart.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Local BBC tv weather forecaster says that the M 5 corridor between Burnham-on-Sea and Bristol may suffer the strongest winds of anywhere in the country - possibly over 80 mph - with BRS sitting on that 600 foot plateau completely exposed to the Bristol Channel right in the firing line.

The Bristol area got off relatively lightly in the end compared with some areas further south and east with 109 mph wind gust on the Isle of Wight. Plenty of heavy rain and very strong winds in the Bristol area but no major incidents of property damage or flooding reported although a lot of trees came down in the country areas around the city.

The morning Aer Lingus Regional from/to Dublin was cancelled - cancelled last night along with a lot of other Aer Lingus flights from Ireland to the UK.

So far the only other problem seems to be a two and a half hour delay to the early morning easyJet to Glasgow and back which may have a knock-on effect with other services flown by this aircraft later in the day.

Although the weather may not have been quite as bad as the dire forecasts suggested the work of airport and airline staff must not be overlooked in keeping things so well on track at BRS. Had there been a lot of delays/cancellations there is no doubt that the moaners would have been complaining to the local press. The same people keep their mouths shut when things go well in adversity and never think to say 'well done'.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Wednesday 11 December 2013

Following cancellations occurred today, presumably because of the fog:

The early morning Aer Lingus Regional from Dublin and the morning Blue Islands from Jersey.

In addition the morning bmi regional from Frankfurt diverted to Birmingham but appears to have eventually reached BRS.

 

[Aviador]

Our sister airport suffering from the same old weather problems!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Our sister airport suffering from the same old weather problems!

Everything else got in all right so far as I could determine. There seemed to be a slight down wind component on 27 but that's the only one with Cat 3 (we've discussed the whys and wherefores of this before of course).

Initially the two cancelled aircraft were showing long delays - presumably waiting for the weather to improve but in the end it was decided not to operate. By mid morning non-equipped Cat 3 aircraft appeared to be landing including two other bmi regional ERJs so the passengers on the two affected rotations were unlucky.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Wednesday 18 December 2013

Strong crosswinds (50-60mph) and torrential at BRS from late afternoon through the evening caused some problems:

easyJet from Paphos and, reportedly, from Newcastle both diverted to CWL

Ryanair from Girona diverted to BHX

bmi regional from Toulouse (Airbus shuttle flight) and from Frankfurt both diverted to CWL

Teatime Air Lingus Regional from/to Dublin cancelled

evening easyJet to/from Glasgow cancelled

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Friday 20 December 2013

Aer Lingus Regional flight from Cork arrived today at 1222 (23 minutes early) but didn't return to South West Ireland at its scheduled time of 1310 hours.

The board shows it now operating tomorrow morning at 0530 - an early alarm call for the passengers and crew then!

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Monday 23 December 2013

Very strong crosswinds and heavy rain, torrential at times all day so far. Thus far there have been the following disruptions:

easyJet

Inbound Glasgow (morning) diverted to Stansted; Alicante and Faro (both lunchtime) diverted to Cardiff; Malaga and Krakow (both lunchtime) diverted to Birmingham

Afternoon Glasgow, Edinburgh and Inverness rotations cancelled

Ryanair

Inbound Poznan (lunchtime) diverted to Birmingham

Aer Lingus Regional

Inbound Dublin and Cork (both lunchtime) diverted to Birmingham - return legs to Ireland cancelled

Aurigny

Lunchtime Guernsey rotation cancelled

An easyJet from Berlin landed about 20 minutes ago.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Monday 23 December 2013

Further to my previous post the weather abated at BRS for several hours from mid afternoon until mid evening but then returned with very strong crosswinds.

As a result easyJet flights from Paris Cdg, Madrid, Belfast Int, Amsterdam and Berlin Shoenefeld diverted to BHX.

Ryanair flight from Alicante also went to BHX.

Thomson flight from Sharm el Sheikh diverted to CWL.

 

[superking]

monday 30th december.
brs had 2 diverts to cardiff this morning.
ei328o ei cbk AT43. from dublin
vistajet. OE ilb.
bombardier challenger 850 was arriving empty and departing to moscow as VJ 757
both diverts due low vis.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Tuesday 4 February 2014

A wild and wet evening in the West Country with gales and heavy rain.

Amazingly only one flight into BRS has diverted: Ryanair 508 from Dublin due at 2035, went to Birmingham at 2144.

Since then everything else has managed to get in including three easyJet Airbuses, three bmi regional ERJs (must have been an experience!), a SN/Flybe Dash 8-400, a KLM Cityhopper E190 and a Ryanair B 738.

Only one outstanding inbound now this evening - Ryanair FR 508 from Malta sched arrival time 2340, estimating 2333. 30 minutes ago the BRS arrivals page showed this one diverting to BHX but that's now been removed.

I can't remember a winter when so many flights have diverted from BRS because of the wind. It's usually the mist and low cloud that is the problem.

Tomorrow's forecast is not good - gales/severe gales again for the middle of the day especially. I believe there are no trains running west of Exeter because of flooding and the Somerset Levels a few miles from BRS are like an inland sea. There has been a 92 mph wind gust in the Scilly Isles.

So much for the moderating influence of the Gulf Stream that is supposed to shield this part of the world from the worst excesses of the weather for most of the time.

 

[Ray Finkle]

I think there were a couple more diverts to BHX this morning, an EI ATR and a Ryanair both from Dublin. The Ryanair is due back to BRS at 11:00.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

I think there were a couple more diverts to BHX this morning, an EI ATR and a Ryanair both from Dublin. The Ryanair is due back to BRS at 11:00.

Wednesday 5 February 2014

There were more diversions and cancellations this morning because of the gales which again were accompanied by very heavy rain for much of the time.

As Ray says the early morning Aer Lingus Regional and Ryanair flights from DUB diverted to BHX. The return EI BRS-DUB was cancelled - the FR was a return working of the early morning BRS-DUB.

The morning KLM Cityhopper from AMS diverted to CWL.

The morning easyJet from GLA diverted to BHX as did the mid morning Brussels Airlines (Flybe) from BRU, with the late morning BRS-BRU cancelled.

Finally thus far, the Aurigny from/to GCI was cancelled.

In between these diversions aircraft were landing and continue to do so which presumably suggests that the gusts of wind were quite variable in speed.

I did hear the national BBC weatherman say earlier this morning that the strong winds would veer around to westerlies as the day progresses. If that is the case any cross wind component would be lessened on the BRS east/west runways.

 

[Aviador]

It's like another world up here. It's not exactly been a nice day today but the weather has been quite calm. A complete contrast to the weather in the South West today.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

It's like another world up here. It's not exactly been a nice day today but the weather has been quite calm. A complete contrast to the weather in the South West today.

It's been like this for nearly two months in the South West, with the odd day of respite - heavy/torrential rain and strong winds/gales. Never known anything like it to last so long with the forecasters saying they can't see an end to it this month.

Apart from Somerset's own but unwanted IJsselmeer, there is now no rail connection beyond Exeter to Plymouth and Cornwall as the track supports have been washed away along the stretch next to the sea around Dawlish and it will take at least six weeks to get the line opened again. I think that's optimistic especially if the weather continues to misbehave.

I can't see this helping BRS but it might help NQY as the only alternatives to the rest of the world are now reliant on a car or a long coach journey for the first part of any journey, unless someone has a boat.