Several CAAP-operated airports suspend operations amid Typhoon Carina
Several airports operated by the Civil Aviation Authority of the Philippines have either suspended some activities or their whole operations due to the bad weather brought by Typhoon Carina and the Southwest Monsoon (Habagat).
As of 12:30 p.m. Wednesday, here is the situation in some airports under CAAP:
Basco Airport
- only flight operations are suspended
San Jose Airport
- only 1 flight was scheduled for Wednesday, and it was cancelled
Iba Airport
- GenAv training flights are suspended
Sangley Airport
- suspended aerodrome operations due to flooding at the runway and apron
Plaridel Airport
- Gen Av and training flights suspended
Tacloban Airport
- 1 cancelled flight on Tuesday and 4 delayed flights on Wednesday
Lubang Airport
- No GenAv operations
Palanan Airport
- operations resumed
- 1 flight as of the moment (Palanan-Cauayan)
Laoag Airport
- VFR operations back to normal as of 11:15 a.m.
- VFR operations suspended due to inclement weather
Vigan Airport
- experiencing light rain and moderate to strong wind.
- operations suspended
Cauayan Airport
- 2 flights cancelled
- commercial flights to coastal areas resumed
Tuguegarao Airport
- 4 flights cancelled
Lingayen Airport
- experiencing light to moderate rains. Apron and some parts of the runway are flooded
- operations suspended
San Fernando Airport
- experiencing light to moderate rains
- operations suspended
Baguio Airport
- experiencing moderate rains and foggy weather
- operations suspended
Bicol International Airport
- 10 flights cancellations due to weather conditions from the point of origin
GenSan Airport
- 3 delayed flights due to late arrival of turnaround aircraft from another flight
Davao International Airport
- 5 delayed flights
- no cancelled flights
Pagadian Airport
- no flight cancellations
Zamboanga International Airport
- no flight cancellations
Dipolog Airport
- no flight cancellations
Butuan Airport
- 2 flight cancellations
In its 11 a.m. bulletin, state weather bureau PAGASA said that Carina has intensified further as it moves towards Taiwan.
The typhoon is expected to exit the Philippine Area of Responsibility by Thursday morning, PAGASA added. —VBL, GMA Integrated News