What is CAT III? The landing rulebook Delhi airport has switched to as visibility collapses

Delhi’s IGI Airport shifted to CAT III procedures amid dense fog. Here’s what CAT III means, why delays happen, and what passengers should check.
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Low visibility at Delhi airport disrupts 22 Mumbai-bound flights

Over 100 flights were delayed and 10 were cancelled due to low visibility conditions in Delhi on Friday. Sources from Mumbai Air Traffic Control told mid-day, “From 4 am, till 3.30 pm, a total of 22 ...
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Hop ERJ take-off disrupted autoland approach for trailing 717

French investigators believe an Embraer ERJ-145 crew’s premature acceptance of take-off clearance disrupted the landing of a Boeing 717 on low-visibility approach to the same Strasbourg runway.
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Indian airports lack advanced CAT III landing system

BENGALURU: While global aviation standards have progressed by leaps and bounds, those in India still lag, reflected by its lack of a Category III Instrument Landing System (ILS) ecosystem. In the ...
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Flight operations hit at Delhi's IGI airport as dense fog shrouds capital | What is CAT III?

Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport on Monday night issued a fresh advisory as the national capital stood blanketed by intense fog for the second straight day, with the India Meteorological ...
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CAT-III readiness put to test as dense fog grounds flights at Delhi airport

Vacation plans of hundreds of flyers were disrupted yet again as dense fog forced the cancellation of 228 domestic flights at Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Monday, despite ...