{"id":696923,"date":"2026-05-27T02:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696923\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T02:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T02:20:12","slug":"sydney-flight-delays-travellers-warned-of-disruptions-as-thick-blanket-of-fog-blankets-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/696923\/","title":{"rendered":"Sydney flight delays: Travellers warned of disruptions as thick blanket of fog blankets city"},"content":{"rendered":"

Travellers are being warned to brace for flight delays and cancellations as a thick blanket of fog smothers Sydney on Wednesday morning.<\/p>\n

A Sydney Airport spokesperson confirmed the weather system is impacting operations, with some flights \u201cdelayed\u201d and \u201ccancellations\u201d in place as low visibility affects runway movements.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will continue to monitor the weather conditions as the morning progresses,\u201d the spokesperson told The Nightly.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe advise passengers to check the status of their flight with the airline.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Bureau of Metrology issued a fog warning just after 4am on Wednesday, warning motorists to take extra care while driving in the dangerous conditions.<\/p>\n

\"AA thick fog has settled over Sydney. Credit: Gaye Gerard\/News Corp Australia<\/p>\n

\u201cReduced visibility in fog will make road conditions dangerous during Wednesday in all suburbs,\u201d a BoM spokesman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cMotorists are advised to take extreme care.\u201d<\/p>\n

Commuters are urged to check the Live Traffic NSW app to find out more information about road closures and updates on conditions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Travellers are being warned to brace for flight delays and cancellations as a thick blanket of fog smothers…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":696924,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[63,43,44,2733,41,39,42,40],"class_list":["post-696923","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-headlines","tag-australia","tag-headlines","tag-news","tag-nsw","tag-top-news","tag-top-stories","tag-topnews","tag-topstories"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696923","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=696923"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/696923\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/696924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=696923"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=696923"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=696923"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}