Flight operations have now resumed at the Subang airport following improvements in visibility, NST Online reported.
Quoting Malaysia Airports Holdings Bhd (MAHB) corporate communications general manager Nik Anis Nik Zakaria, the online portal of the New Straits Times said the airport runway was reopened at 7.45pm, some two hours after it was closed to all flights.
"Passengers are advised to check with their airlines on flight schedule for confirmation," she was quoted as saying.
A check on the Malaysian meteorological website showed that visibility at the airport had improved only slightly, from 500 metres as of 5pm to 600m as of 8pm.
Despite the slight improvement, the number of places which recorded unhealthy Air Pollutant Index (API) readings has also gone up from 10 as of 5pm, to 16 areas as of 8pm, according to Department of Environment (DoE) API's readings.
This included the Klang Valley, namely Port Klang which has an API of 125, Shah Alam (128), Petaling Jaya (123), Cheras (110), Putrajaya (121) and Banting (119).
The neighbouring state of Negri Sembilan also recorded unhealthy API, with the resort town of Port Dickson registered a reading of 115, its state capital of Seremban at 115 and the industrial town of Nilai at 114.
Other areas with unhealthy API include Bandaraya Melaka (136) and Bukit Rambai (108) in Malacca, Indera Mahkota (Pahang) at 105, Balok Baru (Pahang) at 122 and Kemaman (Terengganu) at 119.
Two places in Sarawak, namely Kuching and Sri Aman also registered unhealthy API levels of 112 and 119 respectively.
Only 26 areas in Malaysia registred moderate API readings.
According to the Department of Environment (DoE) website, an API in the 0-50 range is good, 51-100 is moderate, 100-200 is unhealthy, 200 to 300 very unhealthy and above 300, hazardous.
The DoE has previously explained that levels can be moderate but visibility poor because API readings represented an average.
- TMI
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