Munich Airport to close Tuesday due to snow
Munich, The Gulf Observer: Munich Airport announced all flights would be canceled on Tuesday morning, with further cancellations expected throughout the day.
Heavy snowfall also led to significant traffic disruptions in parts of southern Germany over the weekend when the airport was also forced to close along with the Bavarian capital’s main train station.
Munich Airport said there would be no takeoffs and landings from the start of operations at 6 a.m. (0500 UTC/GMT) until midday.
“The reason for this is the forecast freezing rain in the night from Monday to Tuesday, which is expected to make safe flight operations impossible in the morning.”
“The operating areas will be de-iced in the first half of the day. The plan is to allow air traffic to resume from midday.”
“However, it can be assumed that the majority of flights will also have to be canceled during the rest of the day for safety reasons.”
The airport advised passengers to contact their airlines before traveling to the airport to find out the status of their flights.
At least 140 takeoffs and 160 landings were directly hot by the closure, with some 770 departure and arrival flights in total scheduled for the day.
