A Few More Delays and Diversions at Rockhampton Airport on Tuesday Morning

Fog rolled into Rockhampton Airport again early on Tuesday 24 June, and for the second day in a row, there were several delays and diversions to affect flights.

Fog at Gladstone yesterday  (File photo taken by Michael Fleetwood  ©)

It appears from Internet-based flight-tracking program, Flightaware, that delays were confined to QantasLink flights on Tuesday morning, with no inbound Virgin flights noted.  The morning QLK2300 'milk-run' from Brisbane to Cairns via Gladstone, Rockhampton, Mackay and Townsville, bypassed Rocky and flew direct from Gladstone to Mackay.  The early morning QLK2362 spent a significant time holding North of Rockhampton before successfully landing - it turned out that the flight which normally takes around an hour, actually took just over three hours!

http://flightaware.com/

Again, freight flights 'scheduled' into Rockhampton early on Tuesday 24 June were also affected with a pair of Toll Freight (Toll Aviation) Metro flights bypassing Rocky and flying directly to Townsville.  The early morning Pel-Air SAAB 340 Freight flight from Brisbane to Mackay via Rockhampton delayed its departure in the hope of landing at Rocky, but ended up flying from Brisbane to Mackay direct.