With fog an issue in Seattle, Bellingham airport was busy with unexpected visitors

With fog covering Seattle like a blanket Tuesday morning, Bellingham airport received plenty of unexpected visitors during one of the busiest travel days of the year.

The fog was so thick in Seattle that it caused delays early Tuesday morning at Seattle-Tacoma airport, according to the airport’s Twitter account. Planes going into Seattle were diverted to other airports, including Bellingham, said Sunil Harman, the Port of Bellingham’s aviation director, in an email. Several Alaska Airlines jets originally destined for Seattle were parked at all the available Bellingham gates and on the taxiway to refuel on Tuesday morning.

In total seven aircraft were diverted to Bellingham from Seattle because of the fog. Two flights from Bellingham to Seattle were canceled on Tuesday, said Marie Duckworth, land-side supervisor at the Bellingham airport in an email.

At 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday SeaTac’s Twitter account noted that the fog had lifted and that flights were being allowed to take off and land.

The Tuesday before Thanksgiving is one of the busiest days of the year for travel as people head out for a long holiday.

This story was originally published November 20, 2018 at 10:25 AM.