"The FAA has put a restriction on SFO in its plan to land pairs of planes simultaneously on its two east/west runways, saying that it will need to conduct staggered landings instead, which will lead to more delays."
"Doug Yakel, the SFO spokesperson, who definitely was saying 'less than 10%' of flights would be impacted back in December, now says they were anticipating 15% of flights to be impacted, and the FAA restriction raises that to 25%."
SFO planned to use two parallel runways for simultaneous landings during a six-month repaving project. The FAA intervened, requiring staggered landings instead, reducing arrival capacity from 54 to 36 flights per hour. Initially, SFO estimated only 10% of flights would be delayed, but this figure has now risen to 25% due to FAA restrictions. The FAA cited safety concerns from recent near-miss incidents at other airports as the reason for the change. The same runways will also be used for all takeoffs during the closure.
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