Weather & Technical Diversions, Delays & Cancellations

[TheLocalYokel]

The early morningt aer lingus regional got cancelled.as was said not a lot did not get in. shame the wind in the wrong direction.
oh well cant win um all.

The wind seemed quite light again today so I suppose a down wind landing could have been attempted on the Cat 3b equipped 27 except I don't believe the EIR aircraft are equipped for such landings.

I believe all the additional aircraft re the NATO summit at Newport got in all right this morning. One that didn't was the daily Aurigny ATR 72 from/to Guernsey which was cancelled according to the BRS arrivals page on its website. I can't think this was due to wx at BRS which was perfectly acceptable at lunchtime.

 

[Aviador]

It was a miserable morning up here in Leeds with fog and visibility down as low as 150m RVR at one point so BRS isn't on it's own. Thankfully we ended up with a scorching day today which more than made up for the miserable start to the day this morning.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Thursday 18 September 2014

There's been a lot of thunder and lightning around all evening with some rain (getting heavier now where I live about seven miles from the airport).

easyJet from EDI due at 2050 went to CWL as did bmi regional from ABZ also due 2050.

Ryanair from Girona due 2020 went to BHX.

Nine other arrivals landed just before and after these diversions. Another 13 are due this evening and into the early hours.

 

[superking]

Thursday 18 September 2014

There's been a lot of thunder and lightning around all evening with some rain (getting heavier now where I live about seven miles from the airport).

easyJet from EDI due at 2050 went to CWL as did bmi regional from ABZ also due 2050.

Ryanair from Girona due 2020 went to BHX.

Nine other arrivals landed just before and after these diversions. Another 13 are due this evening and into the early hours.

The 2 diverts into cdf were back in brs by 23.00 hrs. reg no for easy was g ezdx. the midland reg was g rjxr.
Every thing else got into brs, with a few minor delay as the storm lasted well into the early morning. could not find anything on the ryanair that went to bhx

 

[TheLocalYokel]

The 2 diverts into cdf were back in brs by 23.00 hrs. reg no for easy was g ezdx. the midland reg was g rjxr.
Every thing else got into brs, with a few minor delay as the storm lasted well into the early morning. could not find anything on the ryanair that went to bhx

I took the FR GRO diversion to BHX from the BRS website arrivals page. Maybe it didn't go there in the end and the page was not updated.

 

[big g]

When I looked at the airport website it said the FR GRO went to Filton! I heard it went to BHX.

 

[Ray Finkle]

According to the BHX movements blog who are usually spot on the Ryanair from Girona, EI-DWX, did divert to BHX arriving at 20:52.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

When I looked at the airport website it said the FR GRO went to Filton! I heard it went to BHX.

And I thought the noise I heard last night was thunder. The pilots must have done a remarkable job to get into Filton, and out again, without mishap.

According to the BHX movements blog who are usually spot on the Ryanair from Girona, EI-DWX, did divert to BHX arriving at 20:52.

Thank you Ray.

 

[kraktoa]

5 flights were diverted to Cardiff airport on 19th afternoon due to low cloud and visibility problems. One flight to exeter. All international flights landed back into BRS with their passengers about 1 to 2 hrs laters. irish flights i reckon were coached from cardiff.

 

[superking]

ei 3280 reg no ei fau from dublin.
It was diverted to cwl this morning due to weather. it departed back to dublin empty.
i wonder what happens to pax that were booked on the return. there is a ryanair flt about the same time which got in ok. it wonders if the pax were put on this fl, as would think some would have connections in dublin.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

ei 3280 reg no ei fau from dublin.
It was diverted to cwl this morning due to weather. it departed back to dublin empty.
i wonder what happens to pax that were booked on the return. there is a ryanair flt about the same time which got in ok. it wonders if the pax were put on this fl, as would think some would have connections in dublin.

I wonder if this was poor visibility or wind. Both elements seemed to be around this morning.

I don't know what the airline did to help passengers. There seems only one other EIR to DUB today - this evening. Perhaps some were taken by road to, say, BHX and flown from there. Presumably the inbound passengers were brought by road from CWL to BRS.

I would guess there wasn't the time to organise a transfer to Ryanair, even if there was available space and there was a will to do it which I very much doubt. As you suggest, any connecting flights at DUB might have left there without the BRS punters.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Wednesday 29 October 2014

It's been dull and very murky around Bristol today and I noticed the top of Dundry Hill (I can see it from where I live) enveloped in mist all afternoon.

Two diversions on the BRS website, due in within 15 minutes of each other around 1700 hours:

Afternoon Brussels Airlines E145 (operated by bmi regional) diverted to Cardiff and afternoon Blue Island ATR 42 from Jersey went to Exeter.

Everything else seems to have managed to get in so far.

 

[Aviador]

At least you have ILS. We're without CAT 1 on one end up here at the moment! (Your sister airport on a hill top in Leeds)

 

[TheLocalYokel]

At least you have ILS. We're without CAT 1 on one end up here at the moment! (Your sister airport on a hill top in Leeds)

True and as long as aircraft can use 27 when the weather is bad most seem to get in (those equipped that is - the smaller jets and turbo-props don't seem to be able to play). 09 is the problem - because of the falling ground immediately beyond this runway they can't install Cat 3, but we've had this conversation before.

I was out all last evening so don't know if anything else diverted. It was a miserable evening where I was not too many miles away from BRS - wet and murky.

 

[Ray Finkle]

FR8207 has routed BUD-BHX rather than BUD-BRS, I assume there are weather issues?

The BRS website shows everything has got in thus far but FR24 is showing an EIR ATR currently holding.

 

[Ray Finkle]

The ATR from ORK has now gone to Cardiff and been replaced in the hold by another ATR from SNN.

 

[TheLocalYokel]

Saturday 15 November 2014

Confirming your posts Ray, FR 8207 from Budapest due 1240 diverted to BHX and EI 3842 from Cork due 1225 and EI 3654 from Shannon due 1240 both diverted to CWL.

These seem the only diversions for today. I've noted a discussion on the LBA forum about Thomson aircraft diverting in inclement weather there when Ryanair aircraft land. At BRS it seems that Ryanair aircraft divert (almost always to BHX) when easyJet aircraft continue to land. This happened at lunchtime today.

I presume Cat 3 ILS was in operation and when I raised the point about easyJet and Ryanair in the past the consensus seemed to be that reason was the type of aircraft (B 738 v A 319/320). The EIR ATRs would not be CAT 3 compliant hence their diverting.

Incidentally, this fog seemed to come out of nowhere today. The national forecast last evening highlighted the Yorkshire area and part of the North East as being likely to see significant fog but not a word about the West Country where we were supposed to have a fairly sunny day. In the event the fog lingered all morning, quite thick in places, and only partially lifted in the afternoon but it remained misty. This was in the Bristol city area - it may have been (probably was) worse all day at BRS.

 

[Ray Finkle]

3 ILS was in operation and when I raised the point about easyJet and Ryanair in the past the consensus seemed to be that reason was the type of aircraft (B 738 v A 319/320). The EIR ATRs would not be CAT 3 compliant hence their diverting.

Thanks for the update.

Having a very boring day I was watching FR24 and noticed the Ryanair heading straight to BHX without even attempting BRS, even FR24 said BUD-BHX and it was on BHX arrivals. I thought it slightly odd as a couple of Easyjets managed to get in just before and just after but, as said, it must be related to type.

 

[superking]

the bud out bound was operated from brs.
dont know if it was the same plane or a different plane that did the return flt.

 

[conns757]

Shanghai Airlines B737-700 on the Southside tonite !!!!

Arrived from SNN trying to goto Kemble as a diversion

Staying overnite folks