Strong winds are once again affecting operations at Madeira Airport today, Tuesday the 3rd.
There are 96 scheduled flights today, between 00:00 and 23:55. However, as of 08:30am, according to the ANA Aeroportos de Portugal website, 50 flights had been cancelled — 25 arrivals and 25 departures — all cancelled before departure.
TAP Air Portugal has cancelled all scheduled flights to and from Madeira today.
Nevertheless, this early morning two easyJet Europe aircraft landed in Santa Cruz: the first from Porto, which landed at 07:42, and the second from Paris, France, arriving at 08:21.
At the same time, there were five aircraft en route to Madeira — four from Eurowings and one from easyJet — all coming from different cities in Germany.
During the early morning hours, the wind blew with gusts reaching 107 km/h at 2:00 AM in the Caniçal/Ponta de São Lourenço area. In the last hour, the recorded speed did not exceed 83 km/h at 7:30 AM, with an average wind speed of 48.2 km/h.
Yesterday, Monday, due to the strong winds that battered the airport area for much of the day, 92 flights were cancelled, corresponding to 47 arrivals and 45 departures.