Air services at Dehradun airport were affected by dense fog on Monday. Due to low visibility at the airport in the morning, six flights arrived late. Among these, the flight from Ahmedabad landed at the airport five and a half hours behind its scheduled time.
In the evening, flights from Lucknow, Mumbai, and Delhi were also diverted due to low visibility at the airport, causing inconvenience to passengers. According to the management of Dehradun Airport in Jolly Grant, IndiGo's Ahmedabad flight, scheduled to arrive at 7:55 am, reached the airport at 1:25 pm.
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Meanwhile, IndiGo's Jaipur flight, due at 9:45 am, arrived at 12:44 pm, and the IndiGo flight from Hyderabad, scheduled for 11:10 am, reached the airport at 1 pm.
Additionally, IndiGo's Kolkata flight, scheduled to arrive at 12:10 pm, reached the airport at 12:39 pm. The IndiGo flight from Pune, due at 5:05 pm, arrived at 5:41 pm. In the evening, fog once again enveloped Dehradun Airport.
During this time, an IndiGo Airlines flight from Lucknow, scheduled to arrive at 4:55 pm, was unable to land despite circling several times due to low visibility. It was subsequently diverted back to Lucknow. Similarly, the IndiGo flight from Mumbai, due at 6:20 pm, and the IndiGo flight from Delhi, due at 7:10 pm, also had to be diverted to Delhi.
