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Dense Fog Halts Flights at Mexico’s Felipe Ángeles Airport as Viva Aerobus Reports No ETA

Airlines prioritized visibility thresholds for safety, leaving travelers to rely on real-time updates for rebooking.

Overview

  • Viva Aerobus announced in the early hours of November 11 that takeoffs and landings at AIFA were temporarily suspended due to dense fog with no estimated time to resume.
  • The carrier urged passengers to check its website and X account for status changes and rebooking options, stressing that flights will restart only when conditions meet safety requirements.
  • User photos and videos showed thick fog over AIFA before 6 a.m., and by press time local reports noted no public updates from the airport or other airlines operating there.
  • In Tijuana, at least 7,000 passengers were affected by fog since the weekend, with 60 flights disrupted and 32 canceled on Monday, though the airport reported no cancellations on Tuesday as conditions improved.
  • Tijuana’s airport plans to invest about 30 million pesos in advanced approach and meteorological systems aimed at cutting fog-related delays from 6% to 2% by 2026.