23 flights to Uzbekistan diverted to alternate airports, 1 flight returned

Due to adverse weather conditions, specifically dense fog observed in Uzbekistan on January 9, dozens of flights were diverted to alternate airports. The Uzbekistan Airports press service reported this.

According to the statement, Uzbekistan Airways flights HY18 on the Nukus–Tashkent route and HY58 on the Urgench–Tashkent route were diverted to an alternate airport in Samarkand.

Uzbekistan Airways flight HY9834 operating on the Krasnodar–Namangan route also decided to divert to the alternate airport in Samarkand.

Qanot Sharq flight QNT822 on the Seoul–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Navoi.

Uzbekistan Airways flight HY766 on the Almaty–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Navoi.

Centrum Air flight C6306 operating on the Istanbul–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Samarkand.

Uzbekistan Airways flight HY232 on the Frankfurt–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Urgench.

Ural Airlines flight U62461 operating on the Moscow–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Dushanbe.

Centrum Air flight C6092 on the Urgench–Tashkent route returned to its departure airport.

FlyOne flight 7Q3302 operating on the Jeddah–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Samarkand.

Uzbekistan Airways flight HY756 on the Baku–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Navoi.

AZAL flight AHY531 operating on the Baku–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Astana.

Ural Airlines flight U62719 on the Irkutsk–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Navoi.

Centrum Air flight C63032 operating on the Medina–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Samarkand.

Air Arabia flight G9270 on the Sharjah–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Almaty.

Pobeda flight PBD741 operating on the Moscow–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Navoi.

Aeroflot flight AFL1870 on the Moscow–Tashkent route was also diverted to the alternate airport in Navoi.

FlyOne flight 9C4308 operating on the Jeddah–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Dushanbe.

Flydubai flight FZ1941 on the Dubai–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Almaty.

Uzbekistan Airways flights HY650 on the Kazan–Tashkent route and HY9628 on the Moscow–Fergana route were diverted to the alternate airport in Karshi.

Uzbekistan Airways flight HY9672 operating on the Novgorod–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Urgench.

Ural Airlines flight UT805 on the Moscow–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Dushanbe.

Turkish Airlines flight THY370 operating on the Istanbul–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Almaty.

Centrum Air flight C63328 on the Jeddah–Termez route was diverted to the alternate airport in Karshi.

FlyOne flight 7Q6062 operating on the Jeddah–Tashkent route was diverted to the alternate airport in Andijan.

For reference, as of 10:00 p.m. on January 8, Uzbekistan’s Hydrometeorological Service reported fog in Tashkent, Jizzakh, Bukhara, Navoi, Kashkadarya, Surkhandarya, Syrdarya regions, Tashkent city, and the regions of the Fergana Valley.

It was noted that in some areas of the Fergana Valley, the fog persisted into the morning hours of January 9 and, in certain locations, continued throughout the day.

Visibility in the cities of Bukhara, Karshi, Termez, Tashkent, Namangan, and Andijan was reported to be between 50 and 100 meters.