Strong winds in the Bay Area have delayed arrivals at San Francisco International Airport Tuesday as the Federal Aviation Administration began a ground stop program that will delay domestic arrivals on average. of 80 minutes.
A ground stop program is designed to manage arriving flights by alerting pilots to problems at a destination, allowing them to delay flights, according to a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). English?.
The ground stop program will be effective from 8:45 a.m. to 11:59 p.m. this Tuesday
In turn, maximum delays are expected to be 157 minutes, according to the FAA's National Airspace System Status tracker.
Departures are not affected by the ground stop schedule.
With information from Bay City News.
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