Ryanair FR7644 Abandons Its Edinburgh Landing in Storm Boelo and Diverts 600 Miles to Oslo

Ryanair flight FR7644 from Faro, Portugal, to Edinburgh landed in Oslo on Saturday, October 24, 2026, after Storm Boelo’s winds stopped it from landing in the Scottish capital. Flight-tracking data shows the Boeing 737-800 abandoning its approach to Edinburgh Airport and flying about 600 miles (970 km) northeast to Oslo Gardermoen.

It was one of several weather diversions on a day when Boelo, the second named storm of the season, brought cancellations, go-arounds and long delays to airports across the UK and Ireland.

What the tracking data shows

The diversion was first reported by The Herald, citing Flightradar24 data. FlightAware’s record of the flight shows it taking off from Faro at 13:59 local time (12:59 UTC).

The jet reached the Edinburgh area at about 16:57 local time and flew a series of holding loops south of the city for roughly half an hour, stepping down from around 20,000 feet. It then made one approach from the east and climbed away near the airport at about 17:28.

From there the crew turned north over the Firth of Forth and set course for Norway. FR7644 landed at Oslo Gardermoen at 19:51 local time (17:51 UTC), nearly five hours after it left Faro.

The Herald reported that the aircraft was expected to refuel in Oslo and continue to Edinburgh later on Saturday evening. AeroCorner could not confirm that onward flight at the time of writing, and the jet’s registration does not appear in the tracking record.

The Herald said it had asked Ryanair for comment. Ryanair’s travel updates page warned that Storm Boelo could delay some flights to and from the UK on October 24 and 25, and said affected passengers would be contacted through its app.

The wind at Edinburgh

Edinburgh’s routine weather reports show why the afternoon was difficult. At 15:20 UTC the wind was blowing from 200 degrees at 30 knots, gusting 44 knots, at an angle across the airport’s main runway, 06/24.

By 16:20 UTC, minutes before FR7644’s approach, the wind had swung round to 270 degrees at 17 knots, gusting 29 knots, as a band of rain passed. A wind that shifts direction and strength that quickly can make a final approach hard to stabilize.

FR7644 was not the only Edinburgh arrival turned away. Ryanair flight RK6696 from Malta and Turkish Airlines flight TK1345 from Istanbul both diverted to Manchester, about 185 miles (300 km) south, according to The Herald and FlightAware.

The Herald also reported, citing tracking data, 16 cancellations and 142 delayed flights at Edinburgh on Saturday, and about 12 cancellations at Glasgow. In Aberdeen, an easyJet flight from London Gatwick could not land and also went to Manchester.

Disruption across the UK and Ireland

At Dublin, airlines had cancelled nine outbound and 10 inbound flights by 4pm on Saturday, the airport said in figures carried by the Press Association and published by The Guardian. Six inbound flights went around: five landed on their second attempt, and one diverted before returning a short time later.

Birmingham had 119 delayed flights and eight cancellations by late afternoon, with 41% of departures affected, Birmingham Now reported.

The Met Office’s amber wind warning for Scotland and northern England runs from 9pm Saturday to 9pm Sunday, October 25, with gusts of 60 to 70 mph (95 to 115 km/h) and up to 80 mph (130 km/h) on exposed coasts. A shorter amber warning covers Antrim and Londonderry in Northern Ireland until 10am Sunday.

In Ireland, Met Éireann has Status Orange wind warnings in place for Donegal, Galway, Leitrim, Mayo and Sligo, listing likely disruption to air travel among the impacts. The Met Office has also issued a separate yellow wind warning for Tuesday, October 27, covering Scotland, parts of Northern Ireland and northern England.

Boelo arrived a day after Storm Austen grounded flights in the Channel Islands and halted Airbus Beluga flights in North Wales.

Why a storm diversion can end up so far away

A go-around is a routine maneuver, not an emergency. Crews abandon an approach whenever it is not stable or the wind is outside the limits for the aircraft and runway, and airlines set lower limits for a wet runway.

After a go-around, the crew weighs another attempt against the fuel left and the weather at its alternates, a process our flight diversion explainer covers in more detail. When one storm covers the whole of northern Britain, the nearest airports can be in the same winds.

AeroCorner found no Ryanair statement explaining why the crew chose Oslo rather than Manchester, where two other Edinburgh arrivals went that afternoon.

Ryanair storm diversions out of Scotland carry history. In Storm Amy in October 2025, Ryanair flight FR3418 abandoned approaches at Prestwick and Edinburgh and landed at Manchester with fuel significantly below its final reserve, the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch found in a report published in September 2026.

None of the sources AeroCorner opened reported an emergency on FR7644. With Boelo’s amber warnings running through Sunday evening, passengers flying to or from Scotland, northern England and Ireland should check their flight status before leaving for the airport.