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Heathrow and London City Airport flights disrupted by fog | Heathrow and London City Airport flights disrupted by fog |
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Thick fog and ice is causing disruption to flights in and out of some airports. | |
London's Heathrow Airport said more than 20 flights on Wednesday had been cancelled and further cancellations and delays were expected. | |
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning of fog for parts of England and is advising people of reduced visibility and the risk of disruption. | |
In the worst affected areas, visibility will be less than 100 metres, the Met Office said. | |
The warning - covering the period until 11:00 GMT on Wednesday - warns of dense and freezing fog across much of central, eastern and north-west England, as well as London. | |
On Tuesday evening, a spokesman for Heathrow Airport said: "Some flights have been cancelled and some are being cancelled tomorrow morning because of fog. | |
"It's better to cancel flights when there's fog because you can't land as many planes per hour because you have to leave more space between the planes." | |
Cancelled flights included scheduled trips to Warsaw, Nice, Stockholm, Aberdeen and several German cities. | |
At London City Airport, at least 18 services were cancelled on Tuesday as temperatures fell below freezing. | |
Passengers have been advised to check with their airline before travelling to the airports. | Passengers have been advised to check with their airline before travelling to the airports. |
BBC London's meteorologist Peter Cockroft said temperatures would fall much further overnight, causing dense fog which would be slow to clear in the morning | |