Overview

• By 3 p.m. Thursday, FlightAware logged 365 delays and 22 cancellations at SAN as operations recovered.
• A brief additional ground stop midday Thursday due to congestion and poor weather ended at 12:14 p.m., according to the airport and Alaska Airlines.
• The disruption began around 6:40 p.m. Wednesday when a Cessna 750 Citation X’s nose gear collapsed during takeoff, disabling the jet on the runway; no injuries were reported.
• The single runway reopened at 9:23 p.m. Wednesday and the ground stop was lifted around 9:30 p.m. after crews removed the aircraft.
• Inbound flights were diverted to Los Angeles and Ontario, some passengers were bused to San Diego, and the airport urged travelers to verify flights with airlines as its status page was down.