Friday 27 December 2024 - Feast of St. John the Evangelist

BA1398 MAN = WEAN
BA1316 ABZ = WEAN
BA708 ZRH = WEAN
BA1476 GLA = WEAN
BA750 BSL = WEAN
BA986 BER = WEAN
BA1492 GLA = WEAN
BA932 DUS = WEAN
BA966 HAM = WEAN
BA704 VIE = WEAN
BA856 PRG = WEAN
BA398 BRU = WEAN
BA568 LIN = WEAN
BA818 CPH = WEAN

Above all cancelled at 13:30 hrs on the day of travel. This a VIS2 event, which means that LHR has too much traffic to handle operations, with airborne holds now averaging 20 minutes and peaking at 41 minutes. If they go much more than that then aircraft will have to divert, something that has already happened at LCY today.

The Regulation sequence today is
06:00 - 10:00 hrs 37/60 - actual
10:00 - 11:35 hrs 39/60 - actual
11:35 - 12:20 hrs 38/60 - actual
12:20 - 15:20 hrs 28/60 - actual and predicted
15:20 - 23:59 hrs 35/60 - predicted

Currently 651 departures, of which BA is 326, after removing the cancelled services above, plus 3 from KLM.

Morning Operational Update
Landing RWY: 27L
Airborne holding (mins): 4
Departure RWY: 27R
TSAT delay average (mins): 0

Network: EGLL 37/60 0600-1400, 40/60 1400-2359. 58 Regulations across Europe.
EHAM (Amsterdam) Arrivals regulated due to weather (low ceiling) - High delays.
EGCC (Manchester) Arrivals regulated due to weather (low visibility) - Moderate delays.
Airspace
LECS (Sevilla) North sectors regulated due to ATC Capacity - Moderate delays.
LECM (Madrid) Pamplona upper sector regulated due to ATC Capacity- Moderate delays.

Weather: Another cloudy day with mist and occasional outbreaks of light drizzle. There is a Very High risk of VIS2 conditions to start this morning, and a Low risk of conditions briefly dropping into LVPs.This is followed by a High or Medium-High risk of VIS2 for most of the day. While we could see some lift in cloud bases this afternoon, conditions are expected to deteriorate again tonight.