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Airlines flying in and out of Auckland Airport have spent most of the afternoon catching up on flight backlogs after heavy fog disrupted scores of flights and delayed thousands of passengers.
The fog which blanketed much of the city from before sunrise also covered the airport and although some international flights took off and landed, scores of domestic flights were cancelled.
By early afternoon when the fog began to lift, airlines had cancelled 60 domestic arrivals into Auckland and 53 flights out of Auckland to other parts of the country.
At the domestic terminal 27 international flights were rescheduled or delayed, one departing flight was cancelled and one arriving flight was cancelled.
The delays affected thousands of passengers in Auckland and other centres in New Zealand as well as some overseas airports when incoming flights into New Zealand were cancelled.
Because domestic flights out of Auckland were badly affected, it meant aircraft were not available to fly into Auckland.
Airport authorities also gave priority to international flights over domestic flights.
Earlier today airlines were advising passengers to contact them about rebooking.
- NZPA
