FAA ends ground stop ahead of NFL teams’ Saturday travel
The 49ers and 10 other teams are scheduled to travel Saturday, with no disruption expected to their trips for Sunday road games.
The Federal Aviation Administration has lifted a nationwide ground stop imposed Friday, with NFL teams expected to be able to make their Saturday trips for Sunday road games without disruption.
San Francisco is scheduled to depart at 1:00 p.m. PT Saturday for its game in Dallas. Another 10 NFL teams also have travel scheduled Saturday. The end of the restrictions should also allow college teams to reach their destinations for Saturday games.
The order caught some NFL teams by surprise. San Francisco 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan was holding his Friday news conference when a question about the potential effect on the Dallas trip alerted him to the restrictions.
Shanahan asked when the order had been issued and why, then explained that he was only just learning about it.
