Abnormalities at BRU / ANR / LGG / CRL / OST

[sdbelgium]

9W226 departed 1024, arrived back at the gate 1115 (LT).

[LX-LGX]

9W226 departed 1024, arrived back at the gate 1115 (LT).

New departure time is set for 12h30.

[LX-LGX]

SN203 to Dakar (ETD Thursday 11h30, A330) has been cancelled and replaced by SN1203 to Dakar/Banjul (ETD 16h30, A330).

SN204 DKR-BRU, arr Friday 05h40, is therefore cxld.

[LX-LGX]

Seems WTA017 - 747cargo - from Malabo (Equitorial Guinea) to Brussels diverted to LUX.

Flight was supposed to arrive in BRU on Wednesday evening, 20h50

[Depretair]

Brussels airport closed due to the snow ?!?
Is that true ?

[jan_olieslagers]

Confirmed per ATIS of 1420 (UTC): "closed for arrivals". Could not hear any mention of snow though. But there was mention of clouds broken at 400 feet, scattered at 900 which sounds bad enough to me. May be over Cat3 ILS minima, though. But indeed we had a sharp dose of snow north of Brussels around noon, here in the street it is lying some 2 inches thick.

For those in doubt: this closure also affects narrow-body-operations to Africa. (grin).

[euroflyer]

oops, it stopped snowing here in town (Place Rogier) some 30 min ago. Indeed there are about 4 to 5 cm of snow, but the airport closed because of that after it stopped snowing?? Any idea how long that will last?? (I am due to fly to FRA later today

[Depretair]

Flight FQ 4735, OO-TCI from Antalya diverted to Liège.
Supposed to be back in BRU around 18:00 LT

[stefanel]

I cannot believe it, we have less than 10 cm and the airport is closed!µ
METAR: EBBR 171450Z 17006KT 1200 R25L/P1500N R25R/P1500N R02/0250N -SN SCT004 BKN010 M01/M03 Q1005 NOSIG
This cannot be under CAT 3 standards, can it?

[euroflyer]

I cannot believe it, we have less than 10 cm and the airport is closed!

I could not agree more !!

For myself, I just bought a train ticket for tonight to FRA, after LH informed me they have cancelled both LH4581 and LH4583, they could not even guarantee LH4585 (that is at 19h25!!) would actually fly today ...

[stefanel]

btw, is there any way to have the ATIS on the Internet instead of by phone
And where are the planes rerouted to?
Thanks

[jan_olieslagers]

I seem to remember all the ATIS's are in plain text on Belgocontrol.be but I can never find it... shall be grateful for enlightenment!
Mind you belgocontrol.be does require registration, though it costs neither money nor much work. As a (recently) licensed radio operator I just tuned in on 132.475 MHz

[Acid-drop]

Some div to Liège it seems (where it not snowing at all)
http://www.liegeairport.com/en/flying-infos
(and you may discover the brand new website of LGG)

[stefanel]

And Brussels Airport's website is too crowded and showing the arrivals for 1 September... what a shame!!!

[Depretair]

And Brussels Airport's website is too crowded and showing the arrivals for 1 September... what a shame!!!

Indeed...

No other comment needed ...

[Homo Aeroportus]

And Brussels Airport's website is too crowded and showing the arrivals for 1 September... what a shame!!!

Allow me to correct you : the degraded mode of BRU web site shows the flight status of September TWO, not 1.
Ho, BTW, it is Sept 2 ..... 2008 !


Lot of snow in BRU apparently !!!

Actually I went looking for the status of my incoming flight. Stranded in FCO. For once that I arrived early and could get on an earlier bus, I am now bumped back to SN3184 tonight.
SN3183 supposed to leave now but ....

BTW, they are/have been clearing snow from RWY 25L & R but the TAF gave long time ago a shift to Southerly winds >>> RWY 20?

Would appreciate if someone had fresh news on situation at BRU.
Luchtzak as best source of info, how about that !

Cheers.

HA

[Homo Aeroportus]

btw, is there any way to have the ATIS on the Internet instead of by phone ...
Thanks

I used a lot this web site.
Gives METARS and TAFs for thousands of A/Ps.
Also lots of satellite pics, see home page.

http://en.allmetsat.com/metar-taf/europe.php?icao=EBBR

Then I check by phone on 2525 before boarding for last update.

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

[stefanel]

Reopen to landings, the lucky ones also came from the snow LOL
17/12 17:30 Poprad/Tatry V5 3660 Landed 17:47

[cnc]

OS353 VIE - BRU diverted to OST and then returned back to VIE
i guess the mail will be a day late

[zteven]

EVERY year the same story.

A bit of snow and Brussels Airport turns into CHAOS.

Greetz



Steven