Delays and Grounded Flights to Fuerteventura and Lanzarote

Strong northwesterly wind causes shear, prompting diversions to other airports

The strong wind recorded on Thursday across Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura forced the diversion of up to eight flights at the Canary Islands airports, mainly to Tenerife South.

• By 14:00 h in Fuerteventura, five diversions had already been carried out, including:

  • A flight that originated in Tenerife North
  • A flight from Gran Canaria that had to return to its departure airport

• Three aircraft that took off from Seville, Madrid and Warsaw were diverted to Tenerife South Airport.

• Regarding Gran Canaria, a flight from Gothenburg bound for the island was forced to land in Tenerife South.

• In Lanzarote, two flights departing from London Stansted and Dublin were also diverted to Tenerife South.