ALOR STAR: The runways in Sultan Abdul Halim Airport and Langkawi International Airport which were closed at 7am and 7.30am respectively this morning has been reopened and operations are running as usual.
The airport runways were closed due to low visibility caused by haze.
The Langkawi airport runway was reopened at 10am, with a visibility of 800m, while the Sultan Abdul Halim Airport runway was reopened at 11am, with a visibility of 900m.
Malaysia Airports, in its official twitter feed, advised all passengers travelling today to check with their respective airlines on their flight schedules.
Data showed that the latest air quality in Langkawi remained very unhealthy as of 9am where the pollutant index (API) reading has reached 242.
The same goes with other parts of Kedah and Perlis with Bakar Arang, Sungai Petani recording a reading of 252, Alor Star (236) and Kangar, Perlis (247).