Clear the Backlog — Bristol Airport

System state

Delay cascade 28%

Fog pushing back departures

Runway capacity 72%

Fog reducing ops rate

Crew available 68%

2 crews approaching duty limit

Passenger stress 42%

Departure boards updating

De-icing queue

Aircraft waiting

3 aircraft in queue

Conditions

Visibility 100m

CAT II ILS active

Temp −2°C

Freezing fog persisting

Departures

Flight Gate Destination ETD Status

Event log

Simulation over — Bristol Airport, 5 Jan 2025

You lasted 4 minutes. The morning shift is 8 hours. It starts again at 5am.

Freezing fog had reduced visibility to under 100 metres before 6am. With a single runway, every delay cascades directly into the next departure.

By 14:00, the operations team had cleared 61% of scheduled flights. 23 cancellations. 4 diversions to Birmingham. The afternoon shift picked up where they left off.