The Smart Marty Sky Dispatch
28 flights cancelled in the Canary Islands due to effects of Storm Charles
Another 16 flights were diverted as gale force winds made conditions for landing difficult at several airports
Gale-strength winds from Storm Charles caused widespread disruption to air operations across the Canary Islands, with multiple carriers reporting changes to schedules as authorities managed the weather impact. According to Canarian Weekly, a total of 28 flights were cancelled as the storm affected the region’s air traffic, and an additional 16 flights were diverted due to challenging landing conditions created by the high winds at several airports. The report notes the disruption occurred across the Canary Islands and involved various routes and operators, all under weather-related constraints.
In the broader regional picture tied to Storm Charles, The Connexion highlighted a sweeping wave of flight disruptions across southern France as the weather system approached. The outlet reported cancellations on flights operating between Nice and Lisbon and between Nice and Madrid, reflecting the storm’s immediate influence on travel patterns near the Mediterranean coast. Riviera Radio corroborated that Nice Côte d’Azur Airport experienced weather-related disruptions on Wednesday, 11 November, with cancellations linked to heavy rain and gusty winds sweeping across Spain and Portugal; however, The Connexion and Riviera Radio did not provide an exact flight tally for Nice.
Riviera Radio emphasized that the disruptions at Nice were part of a broader pattern of weather-driven interruptions associated with Storm Charles’s advance toward southern France. The Connexion’s coverage centered on the regional impact, noting that cancellations occurred on routes involving Nice as the storm neared, and that authorities had issued warnings regarding heavy rain, gusty winds, and potential coastal flooding along the French Riviera. Neither outlet supplied a complete destination list or total number of cancellations for all affected flights.
Additional context from Rus Tourism News connected the Canary Islands disruption to a wider aviation-weather backdrop by recalling that Storm Bruna previously caused seven diversions away from La Palma Airport on November 8, with diversions feeding La Palma from Madrid, Munich, and Zurich among others. This information is presented to illustrate recurring weather-related disruption in the region, but it is not a direct detail about Storm Charles’s impact on La Palma on November 11.
The Independent provided a Lisbon-centered perspective, reporting that Lisbon Humberto Delgado Airport experienced heavy disruption from Storm Charles, with a substantial number of cancellations. The outlet stated that 184 flights were cancelled during the morning period at the capital’s main international gateway, underscoring the scale of the regional disruption as the storm moved through southwestern Europe. The Independent did not offer a route-by-route breakdown in the supplied material.
Portugal’s disruption context is echoed by mojkraj.hr, which described Storm Charles sweeping across Portugal on November 11 and triggering broad precautionary operations and travel advisories along the Iberian Peninsula, southern France, and neighboring regions. The report noted a red weather warning for Lisbon and the southern region, power outages affecting about 2,000 users, and ongoing monitoring, but did not detail specific aircraft operations, injuries, or exact locations beyond Lisbon and the southern region.
The consolidated regional reporting also featured Al Jazeera, which noted that Portugal canceled more than 300 flights and closed schools as Storm Charles approached, describing a broad preparedness response by authorities. The piece framed the precautionary measures as part of the wider storm response but did not provide granular flight-by-flight data or exact airport-level impacts in the material shared.
Across the reporting, the various outlets collectively characterized Storm Charles as driving considerable flight disruptions across Portugal, southern France, and the Canary Islands, with cancellations and diversions concentrated at major hubs such as Lisbon and Nice as the storm moved through Western Europe. The sources consistently pointed to weather conditions—heavy rain, strong winds, and related operational constraints—as the primary drivers of these disruptions, while noting that the exact numbers of cancellations or diversions varied by airport and did not always include a complete destination list.