Due to operational challenges caused by unprecedented weather, Emirates flight #EK4 was allowed to depart late from London Heathrow.
Emirates flight #EK4 from London Heathrow to Dubai was scheduled to depart at 00:30 as one of the last flight from the main London’s Airport.
As Dubai experienced the highest recorded rainfall in 75 years, DXB airport faced unprecedented operational challenges forcing the airport to cancel 884 flights over 2 days.
London Heathrow warned about a late running programme for the night between Wednesday and Thursday, April 18 2024.
Flight #EK4 operated by an Airbus A380 (registration A6-EUM) departed at 01:28 BST, about one hour late and landed in Dubai at 10:38 GST for a flight time of 6 hours and 9 minutes according to Radarbox.com.
Heathrow curfew
As this flight was exceptionally allowed to depart that late, there are two time periods: 23:00 – 07:00 and 23:30 – 06:00 both with restrictions on certain types of aircraft. The more restrictive period (23:30 – 06:00) is known as the Night Quota Period (NQP) and has limits on the number of movements.
