Planes Circling Around Portland Due To Fog In Seattle

By Meerah Powell (OPB)
Portland, Ore. Nov. 8, 2019 5:19 p.m.

A number of planes are circling around the Portland area on Friday morning.

The Portland International Airport said that’s because planes are in a holding pattern due to heavy fog near the Seattle-Tacoma Airport.

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"It's that time of year," Perry Cooper with Sea-Tac said about the fog. "It actually was worse earlier this week."

Both PDX and Sea-Tac said there’s no estimate on when the fog might clear up and planes will be able to land in Seattle.

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