Weekend travelers using San Francisco International Airport can expect flight delays this month.
As part of a federally mandated improvement project, the hub will shut down a runway for three weekends this month. The first closure will start at 10 p.m. Jan. 11 and last until 8 a.m. Jan. 14. Similar shutdowns are scheduled for the following two weekends.
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Constrained by the Bay and U.S. Highway 101, the San Francisco International Airport is not able to fully implement required runway-safety areas, but will still pass muster, according to airport officials. The airport has come up with a design acceptable to the Federal Aviation Administration, which has mandated that airports nationwide have specific runway-safety areas in place by 2016, Cathy Wagner, an airport official, said Wednesday.
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