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SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — A floor cease was activated at San Diego Worldwide Airport (SAN) Friday morning as a consequence of low ceiling cloud cowl, an airport consultant confirmed.
Based on the Nationwide Enterprise Aviation Affiliation, floor stops are carried out “when air visitors management is unable to securely accommodate extra plane within the system.” When they’re initiated, air visitors controllers should determine what flights will likely be impacted.
On this case, the bottom cease was ordered amid a Dense Fog Advisory for coastal San Diego County, which can stay in impact till 9 a.m. on Friday. This marks the second consecutive day that foggy climate situations have affected air journey out and in of SAN.
Such a climate advisory is issued by the Nationwide Climate Service when widespread dense fog develops. Throughout these cases, visibility can drop to one-quarter mile or much less, which makes for difficult situations for journey — each air and floor.
On Thursday, over 140 flight delays had been reported as of 9:40 am, in line with real-time flight monitoring platform FlightAware. With the bottom cease on Friday, there have been round 120 delays reported at SAN by 9:30 a.m. There have been additionally at the least eight cancellations.
At midday, an airport spokesperson confirmed that the bottom cease has since been lifted.
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