Delays at Frankfurt airport as runways shut due to snow


  • World
  • Tuesday, 03 Feb 2026

FRANKFURT, Feb ‌3 (Reuters) - Passengers at Frankfurt ‌airport face delays and ‌isolated flight cancellations on Tuesday due to heavy snowfall, operator Fraport ‍said.

Runways were closed ‍at about 3 ‌p.m. (1400 GMT) so that they ‍could ​be cleared, a Fraport spokesperson said, ⁠adding one runway was expected to ‌be back in operation at ⁠around ‍4:15 p.m.

On its website, Fraport asked passengers to check ‍the status of their ‌flights as delays or even cancellations were possible due to weather conditions.

Some Frankfurt-bound flights were diverted to other airports, such as Duesseldorf ‌or Stuttgart, according to flight-tracking website Flightradar24.

(Reporting by Ludwig Burger ​and Reuters Television, writing by Madeline Chambers, editing by Thomas Seythal)

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