Dense fog forced the FAA to temporarily prohibit some flights from landing at the San Diego International Airport Tuesday evening, officials said.

The ground stop, which was put in effect due to low visibility levels, was lifted shortly before 7 p.m. Inbound flights from Southern California, Nevada and Arizona had been delayed for about half an hour, an FAA spokesman said.

Before the ground stop was called off, Southwest Airlines cancelled San Diego-bound flights for the rest of the night, an airline spokesman said.

The fog began to roll over the San Diego airport about 5:30 p.m. There was less than half a mile of visibility at the airport into the night, a National Weather Service meteorologist said.


The agency issued a fog advisory for the coast of San Diego County until 9 a.m. Wednesday.

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