The movement of landings and take-offs at Madeira Airport – Cristiano Ronaldo is this Friday, December 12th, affected due to the strong wind on the island, which led to dozens of flights being canceled and two to diverge, with thousands of passengers affected.
According to the ANA – Aeroportos de Portugal website, from 8:00 am until 12:30 pm, 26 flights (arrivals) from different companies from different destinations were already cancelled, some of which were scheduled for early Friday evening.
A plane from Vienna diverted to Porto Santo airport, where it awaits an improvement in the weather.
The situation affects the corresponding scheduled departures.
On its page, ANA had already alerted passengers to the weather forecasts, with “adverse conditions that [podiam] condition the operation (departures and arrivals), on December 10th to 13th”.
The Portuguese Institute of the Sea and Atmosphere (IPMA) placed the north coast of Madeira and Porto Santo under red warning (the most serious), due to forecasts of strong sea agitation, with waves in the order of 14 meters, until 6pm on Saturday, with orange (the second most serious) in the southern part.
The orange warning was also issued due to strong winds in mountainous areas.