Fog delays flights in Wellington

Some flights are expected to be able to leave Wellington Airport this afternoon after fog and low cloud caused cancellations this morning for the third time in a week.

The airport closed last night at 7pm and today one domestic flight has been able to leave and an international flight is expected to fly out shortly.

But hundreds of passengers are still stranded until the weather clears completely.

Airport duty manager Ian Pocock said fog yesterday closed the airport, and now it was low cloud that was causing problems.

But he said the weather had improved "dramatically" in the last few hours.

"We've been told to expect it (the low cloud) to come and go, but at the moment its looking really good. So if we get two or three hours of a lot of aircraft coming in, that will certainly move a lot of people out of here," Mr Pockock said.

Today's fog and low cloud forced the cancellation of flights for the 16th time this year.

- NZPA