Jersey Airport said at 20:05 on Saturday that it was experiencing disruption affecting inbound flights as a result of further drone activity in the vicinity of the airfield, and all late evening flights into Jersey were cancelled, the BBC reported. States of Jersey Police are investigating, and Inspector Rob McCallum said two or three drones were believed to have entered the restricted airspace, though they were not thought to be linked to terrorism. On Friday evening three flights due from London Gatwick, London Heathrow and Southampton were diverted back to the United Kingdom; the Gatwick flight eventually arrived at about 23:45, while the Heathrow and Southampton services were cancelled, and searches in the west of the island did not identify a drone operator.
Drones close Jersey Airport for second straight night
Unauthorised drone activity near Jersey Airport cancelled all late evening inbound flights on Saturday, the second night in a row, and police believe two or three drones entered the restricted airspace.
Why it matters: A second night of cancellations turns a single incident into a pattern at the Channel Islands airport, and police have not yet identified who is flying the drones.
Data as of BBC News reports of October 31, 2026, read in full in this run via the live browser. The reports give no passenger totals. Single outlet at judgment time, so the item ships at grade C. Developing item. Corrected 2026-10-31T23:02:14-04:00: an earlier version of this item carried flight and timing details that are not in the BBC reports; those details have been removed and the item now states only what the BBC reported.
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- Second night of drone disruption at Jersey Airport - BBC News - 2026-10-31
- Flights diverted after drones flown near airport - BBC News - 2026-10-31