Will nationwide ground stop affect Spurs' flight plans this weekend?
(AP Photo/Darren Abate) (Darren Abate/Associated Press) It's uncertain whether the Federal Aviation Administration's nationwide ground stop Friday will impact the Spurs' travel plans this weekend.
Key points
- Spurs coach Mitch Johnson will no doubt be asked about the team's contingency plans when he meets with reporters at 6:45 p.m.
- The ground stop was being imposed "due to extraordinary circumstances and for reasons of safety," The AP reported.
- 2 at the Frost Bank Center in a game that started five hours late after the Spurs dealt with a series of travel woes stemming from a winter storm that hit North Carolina while they were playing the Hornets in Charlotte.
The Texas football team has temporarily been grounded in Austin after its flight to Louisiana was shut down as part of a nationwide order by the FAA because of a "temporary communication" problem.
Additional details
- "It was ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles' a little bit," Spurs coach Mitch Johnson said after the game against Orlando, referring to the 1987 road trip comedy film starring Steve Martin and the late John Candy.
- The Victor Wembanyama and the Spurs have experience when it comes to flight delays.
- The Spurs planned to fly out two hours after that game, but had to stay overnight because of the storm that dumped nearly a foot of snow in and around North Carolina's largest city.
- The Spurs' flight to Salt Lake City is scheduled to leave San Antonio at 2 p.m.
- The FAA grounded all flights nationwide Friday due to communications problems at regional air traffic control centers, an FAA notice said, per The Associated Press.
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