FAA imposes new landing restrictions at San Francisco Airport
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announced new safety measures at San Francisco International Airport on Tuesday, limiting certain landings and causing notable delays. The restrictions come amid a runway repaving project and a FAA decision to prohibit side-by-side approaches on the airport’s parallel east-west runways in clear weather.
The measures will reduce the maximum landing rate from 54 flights per hour to 36. The FAA indicated that the restrictions will remain in place even after the repaving is complete. The north-south runways will also be out of service for approximately six months due to ongoing construction.
United Airlines accounts for roughly half of the airport’s passenger traffic, followed by Alaska Airlines with around 10%. The FAA now requires staggered approaches, ensuring that one aircraft is offset from the one on the parallel runway, aiming to maintain safety while exploring ways to increase arrival rates at the 13th-busiest U.S. airport.
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