The Federal Aviation Administration lifted ground stoppages that were briefly issued for both Oakland International Airport and San Jose Mineta International Airport on Wednesday morning, preventing flights from taking off because of heavy fog blanketing much of the Bay Area.

The FAA advisory cited “low ceilings” as the reason for the ground stoppages and said fog was also causing flight delays at San Francisco International Airport. The FAA canceled the advisory shortly before 10:30 a.m.

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Dan McMenamin is the managing editor at Bay City News, directing daily news coverage of the 12-county greater Bay Area. He has worked for BCN since 2008 and has been managing editor since 2014 after previously serving as BCN’s San Francisco bureau reporter. A UC Davis graduate, he came to BCN after working for a newspaper and nonprofit in the Davis area. He handles staffing, including coaching of our interns, day-to-day coverage decisions and management of the newswire.