Gatwick Airport has said operations are "returning to normal" after four days of fog-related flight restrictions. Temporary air traffic restrictions that were in place over the weekend have been lifted after the weather improved.

Flights to everywhere from Belfast and Tenerife to Kraków, Poland, and Accra, Ghana, have been delayed by as much as an hour and a half this morning. Live arrivals boards also show slight delays to incoming flights. According to the monitoring website FlightStats, the delays are ‘excessive and increasing’.

Between Boxing Day and Sunday, of the 29 flights to Gatwick, 10 were cancelled and many of the rest of the flights were heavily delayed due to fog at Guernsey and later around Gatwick, which was particularly badly affected on Sunday.

Fog is continuing to disrupt flights at Gatwick Airport with restrictions imposed to maintain safety. On what is expected to be the airport's busiest day of the Christmas period, it said some flights "may be delayed throughout the day" due to "poor visibility" and apologised to customers.

Tens of thousands of passengers have had their Christmas travel disrupted in recent days as thick fog has descended on airports.

Gatwick Airport ‘returning to normal’ after fog disruption - More than 20 flights planned for the West Sussex airport on Monday were cancelled in advance.

Passengers at Gatwick Airport are facing disruption due to heavy fog. Air traffic restrictions are in place at several UK airports due to fog, the country's main air traffic control provider Nats has said. The airport in West Sussex is the second busiest in the UK.

Flight restrictions remain in place at Gatwick Airport for a fourth day because of fog, disrupting travel plans for thousands of passengers.

More than 20 flights planned for the West Sussex airport on Monday were cancelled in advance and passengers are being warned of delays throughout the day.