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Manchester airport reopens runways after clearing 'heavy snow'

Air
James Chapple
6 January 2025

Manchester airport has reopened its runways following further heavy snow across the north of England.

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At around 6.30am on Monday (6 January), MAN confirmed it had been forced to close its runways for a second time in two days.


Liverpool and Leeds Bradford airports also shut their runways on Sunday (5 January) due to snow, and there was disruption too at Birmingham, Bristol and Newcastle airports over the weekend.


"Our runways are temporarily closed due to heavy snow," said MAN at around 6.30am on Monday. "Our teams work hard to clear them as quickly as possible."


The operation was complete by 7.15am, but the airport warned that owing to the earlier closure, "some departures and arrivals may still experience delays".