Delays at Southend Airport due to snow

Planes leaving and arriving are both affected, thought to be due to snow on the run way.

A number of people say they are stuck waiting to depart.

A spokesman from Southend Airport said: "The airport is open and operating with some minor delays - we advise passengers to continue to check with their airline before travelling."

@essexlive @Essex_Echo @SouthendAirport @easyJet @YourSouthend 09:00 flight Southend to Alicante is still sitting on the tarmac with passengers still on board!

— SteveC (@stevec00ps) February 27, 2018

@flybe what’s the score with BE6321? Can understand the 90 min delay (revised 0825-0955) and then boarded at 0945 to sit onboard for an hour to be offloaded again due to @SouthendAirport apparently closed (pilots words not mine - even he said “apparently”). Crew were great though

— Jake (@FlambeGarlic141) February 27, 2018

@YourSouthend @EssexWeather @SouthendAirport @easyJet My parents been sitting in a plane on the runway waiting to go to Alicante for ages now and not going anywhere soon! Runway's shut and needs clearing again. This photo's about 45 mins old from last time they cleared the wings pic.twitter.com/6HZYNVXZDb

— SteveC (@stevec00ps) February 27, 2018

Wasn't snowing when out plane was due to take off at 9am, but we'll done for faffing around for an hour now it is snowing heavy and Southend airport is now closed with us on the tarmac. Piss poor.

— Tim (@timmikhail1) February 27, 2018