He Son Sant Joan Airportin Palma, suffers this Friday widespread delaysboth at departure and arrival, due to the bad weather derived from DANA which is already affecting the Balearic Islands. According to information provided by Aena, delays average approximately 60 minutes.
The archipelago’s airports plan to operate this Friday, All Saints’ Day, a total of 690 flights and more than 3,000 across the entire bridge. Concretely, Palma airport will be the one that will record the most movements, with a total of 2,217 flights during these four days. On the other hand, Ibiza will operate 610 flights, while Menorca will operate 235 flights.
This Friday, Palma is expected to record 522 movements, Ibiza 120 and Menorca 48, although many of them will be affected by unfavorable weather conditions.
đź“Ł Unfavorable weather in the #Airport of #Palm from Majorca.
👉Check with your airline about the status of your flight.-Aena (@aena) November 1, 2024
It should be remembered that the National Meteorological Agency has extended the orange warning for heavy rain which can leave accumulations of 50 liters per square meteror in an hour and 120 liters in a few hours to the entire archipelago.
In the case of Ibiza and Formentera, the alert should be deactivated at 7:59 p.m. this Friday, while in Mallorca and Menorca it will be in effect until early this Saturday.
In Mallorca the alert was activated at 10:00 a.m. while in Menorca it will be activated later, at 4:00 p.m. In both cases it will be valid until Saturday morning. In the case of Ibiza and Formentera, the alert was initially yellow but was raised to orange.
⚠️Be careful on the road!
▶️If you must travel, moderate the speed and increase the safety distance.
▶️In case of poor visibility, stop the vehicle and report the position.
▶️If the cotxe starts to rise and is arrossegat, it must be sorted immediately.… pic.twitter.com/GKYBnzkHjG— Emergencies 112 Balearic Islands (@Emergencies_112) November 1, 2024
Given this scenario, Emergency Service 112 maintains Severity Index 1 (IG1) of the weather plan activated due to rains and storms throughout the archipelago. Emergencies await you this Friday “complicated day” He therefore asked the population to exercise the greatest caution.
The DGT asks to avoid traveling by road
The General Directorate of Traffic (DGT) asked this Friday to avoid road travel in the Balearic Islands and other regions of Spain affected by DANA. In the archipelago, for their part, Emergencies have indicated that in the event of having to travel, moderation of speed and increase of safety distance.
They recommend always doing this inhighways and main roads. In the event of poor visibility, they insist that the vehicle be stopped and its position reported.
If the car starts to float and is dragged, you should get out immediatelyabandon the vehicle and move to higher areas in case the car becomes immobilized. They remember the need to carry a charged cell phone and have enough fuel in the vehicle.
