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FAA lifts brief ground stop at San Francisco International Airport

June 8, 2026 1:28 AM EDT

The air traffic control tower stands at the San Francisco International Airport in San Francisco, California, U.S., October 29, 2025. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/File Photo

June 8 (Reuters) - The ‌U.S. ​Federal ​Aviation Administration lifted a brief ground stop at San Francisco International ‌Airport (SFO) that held up certain flights ⁠bound for the California city at their departure ‌airports late on Sunday.

The ‌ground stop applied to flights involving some Western U.S. air traffic control ​centers, according to an FAA notice that listed the duration of the ⁠ground stop as 9:53 p.m. to 11:15 p.m. PDT (0435 ​to 0615 GMT on Monday).

It was ultimately lifted slightly before the end ​of that period.

The airport ‌did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.

More ⁠than 54 million passengers traveled through SFO in 2025, according to its website. Many ⁠airlines operate from the airport, which is a ​United Airlines hub and offers many international flights to and from Asia in particular.

In March, the ‌FAA said it would impose new safety restrictions at SFO ‌that would limit some landings and ⁠lead to significant ‌delays.

(Reporting by Gursimran ​Kaur in Bengaluru; Editing by Jacqueline Wong, Thomas Derpinghaus and Jamie ‌Freed)



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