Purple Clouds Photography – Phil Oldham’s Photoblog

James from YNMS rang to say that Manchester Airport had buckled under the pressure of the weather and had closed. By the time I’d gotten there, it’d reopened! The weather was coming in waves, and at least two other heavy snow showers passed whilst I was there. First up was a shot across the airfield, so I went to the south side, however the weather made visibility very poor and I couldn’t see anything! I shot back round to the opposite side and managed to get the above shot of an airport worker de-icing an American Airlines flight on the apron.

Inside the terminals was surprisingly quiet, and passengers were moving through quickly. There were only two cancellations in the time the airport had closed, and I suspect they’d have changed to delayed before long!