How many flights were cancelled at the Capital Airport due to the strong thunderstorm in Beijing on July 6th?

According to the latest information from the North China Meteorological Center of Civil Aviation, it is a continuous rainy weather at the Capital Airport, and it is expected that there will be a short-term strong thunderstorm at 2: to 24: , which will have a great impact on the normal flight take-off and landing of the Capital Airport.

in addition, there are heavy rainstorms in Tianjin, central and eastern Hebei, Shandong and Hubei today. Due to the comprehensive factors of this airport and other stations, as of 18: , the Capital Airport planned to carry out 1,157 sorties, of which 584 have been carried out and 61 have been cancelled.

In order to ensure the response to special weather, the Capital Airport cooperated with air traffic controllers, airlines and relevant support units to prepare for the response overnight, and reduced the flight plan on the 6th in advance to avoid the long waiting of passengers due to weather.

At present, the Capital Airport has started the emergency consultation mechanism of the Transportation Management Committee to coordinate flight release and do its best. At this stage, all regions of the Capital Airport are operating normally.