Manchester Airport has temporarily closed both of its runways due to heavy snowfall.
The airport said it was clearing the airfield and operations would resume “as soon as possible.”
In a tweet, the airport added that health and safety “will always be our top priority” and advised passengers to contact their airline for the most up-to-date flight information.
Temperatures fell to below -10C (14F) in parts of the UK overnight.
A number of severe weather warnings for snow and ice have been put in place across the UK over the past few days following the freezing temperatures.
Drumnadrochit near Inverness in the Highlands reached -10.4C (13.28F) in the early hours of Thursday, making it the coldest temperature recorded for the year so far.
As the temperature at Topcliffe in north Yorkshire fell to -7.4C (18.68F), the coldest in England, Manchester Airport was forced to close both its runways.
The Met Office has issued a yellow warning for snow and ice in Manchester and other parts of the UK until midday today, with wintry rain expected to bring “further disruption”.
Forecasters expect milder air to start moving in from Friday afternoon across Northern Ireland and Scotland.
Drivers were urged to take care after dozens of people were injured following a crash involving a double-decker bus and a motorcycle in cold conditions in Somerset on Tuesday.
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Avon and Somerset Police received more than 100 reports of road-related incidents in just five hours on Monday night – with treacherous conditions causing most of them.
Between 18:00 and 23:00, a total of 53 collisions were reported to the force and seven of these incidents reportedly resulted in injuries.
A level three cold weather warning issued by the UK’s Health Safety Agency, warning of conditions that “may increase the health risks to vulnerable patients and disrupt the provision of services”, is in place until 9am on Friday .
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