Shimla, Sept. 6 -- The Kangra Airport in Himachal Pradesh has experienced about 40 per cent cancellation of flights due to rains during the last two months, officials said on Saturday.

Kangra Airport is the biggest airport in the state and has the maximum number of flights arriving here every day.

According to the airport director, Dhirendra Singh, the administration has decided to reduce the visibility range from 5 km to around 3 km to minimise the cancellation of lights.

"The rains have affected the entire Himachal Pradesh, and the monsoon has also affected the flights' arrival at Kangra airport. Since we need 5 km of visibility to land at Kangra airport, we can say that over 30 to 40% flights have been cancelled here during the last...