Freezing weather closures Edinburgh and Newcastle Airports

29th November 2010

Edinburgh and Newcastle airports close due to weather

The North East of England and East Scotland has witnessed the coldest conditions in November for 25 years resulting in the closures of Edinburgh and Newcastle airport.

The snow is expected to move south tonight accompanied by falling temperatures making moving around Scotland and England very difficult with delays in all forms transport expected.

The East side of the country is expected to bear the brunt of the freezing conditions that may go as low as -20C which is unheard of for November. Aberdeen, Inverness, Leeds, Durham and Norwich airports have already been affected.

Heavy snowfalls are expected in southern and central England tonight which will more or less threaten all airports apart from Manchester, Liverpool and Bristol due to their more westerly locations.

For the capital this will coincide with the planned tube strike and all travellers are asked to contact their airports and to also allow considerably more time when travelling to the airports because delays are expected.

There has been a noticeable increase in airport hotels and parking bookings as many travellers have decided that driving to the airport the day before makes a lot of sense to avoid missing a flight.