Are flights normally cancelled if there's snow?

[H2025]

Going on a MUCH needed holiday on Monday but I'm in NW England where snow is expected. Should I expect my flights to be cancelled 😢😥

When we flew home from Lanzarote 2 years ago it was Ryanair who cancelled all flights back to Stansted that day.
We were flying with Jet2 and they managed to get everyone back, just with a few delays.

My flight was postponed from Gatwick one year on Christmas due to snow at Dublin airport, it was coming from Dublin to do Gatwick Málaga, so you need to check where your flight is coming from as well. We got off about 5 days later and spent new years with family instead

I'm flying with Ryanair 😪

It may be the big risk is getting to the airport on time.

Check what it's like at the Irish airport as that likely where it will be coming from

I fly 8-10 times a year with them and never an issue. Don’t worry in advance about something you can’t control.

This is not very accurate as Ryanair mainly holds bases at UK airports, so chances are that’s where your plane will come from, actually.

You can follow your aircraft on Flightradar24 but sometimes this info is not released until a few hours before, and always subject to change anyway.

Where are you flying to ? There's lots they can do to get the planes off the ground but then you have the destination airport and whether they are experiencing bad weather also.

@RobinHood19

This is not very accurate as Ryanair mainly holds bases at UK airports, so chances are that’s where your plane will come from, actually.

Very true, and don’t forget the European bases, but on that subject…

This blast of winter weather overnight also looks like bringing very poor conditions to airports in north eastern France, Belgium and Holland, the forecast for most of the Irish airports is relatively benign (I emphasize “relatively”.)

Before getting to 😪I still think you (and maybe some other posters) need to keep on mind you are not flying until Monday, so I’ll still stand by what I posted in my first reply..

1. Chances are very much much that there will be disruption overnight tonight (Saturday) and into tomorrow (Sunday).

2.Airlines try to ring fence the disruption so that it only affects those directly involved on the day, they don’t want the disruption spilling into subsequent days, in this case Monday. To do that there will be cancellations overnight/tomorrow done in part to ensure aircraft/crews are in position to pick up the planned schedule once the weather does pick up.

3.A lot will depend on how well the weather clears up later tomorrow, so there are no guarantees but as it stands IMO you are in much much better position than anybody booked on a flight overnight tonight or tomorrow AM.