File photo of Delhi Airport.
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New Delhi: Fourteen flights were diverted at the Delhi airport on Tuesday evening due to adverse weather conditions, according to an official.
Six flights were diverted to Bhopal, three to Chandigarh, two to Amritsar, one each to Ahmedabad, Varanasi and Lucknow, the official said.
Over 400 flights were delayed and some flights were cancelled at the airport on Tuesday, as per data from flight tracking website Flightradar24.com.
In a post on X, Air India said that due to inclement weather conditions in Delhi, "our flight operations are getting impacted with some diversions".
The Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA), operated by the Delhi International Airport Ltd (DIAL), is the country's busiest and currently has three operational runways while one runway is closed for upgradation works.