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San Diego Airport

San Diego International Airport
Lindbergh Field
Outside Terminal 2 at San Diego International Airport.jpg
Summary
Airport type Public
Owner/Operator San Diego County Regional Airport Authority
Serves Greater San Diego
Location North Harbor Drive
San Diego, California
Focus city for
Elevation AMSL 17 ft / 5 m
Coordinates 32°44′01″N 117°11′23″W / 32.73361°N 117.18972°W / 32.73361; -117.18972Coordinates: 32°44′01″N 117°11′23″W / 32.73361°N 117.18972°W / 32.73361; -117.18972
Website www.san.org
Maps
FAA airport diagram as of February 2017[update]
FAA airport diagram as of February 2017
SAN is located in San Diego
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SAN is located in California
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SAN is located in the US
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Location within San Diego
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
9/27 9,401 2,865 Asphalt/Concrete
Statistics (2016)
Total passengers 20,725,801
International Passengers 762,196
Total Domestic Passengers 19,963,645
Source: Airport Authority
Total passengers 20,725,801
International Passengers 762,196
Total Domestic Passengers 19,963,645

San Diego International Airport (IATA: SANICAO: KSANFAA LID: SAN), formerly known as Lindbergh Field, is an international airport 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of downtown San Diego, California, United States. It is operated by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.

In 2015, traffic at San Diego International exceeded 20 million passengers. The airport had more than 500 scheduled operations carrying about 50,000 passengers each day. The airport has domestic flights and also has nonstop international flights to Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico, and Japan. Nonstop service to Germany and Switzerland is scheduled to begin in the first half of 2017.

San Diego is the largest metropolitan area in the United States that is not an airline hub or secondary hub; however, San Diego is a focus city for Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines. The top five carriers in San Diego during 2015, by seat capacity, are Southwest Airlines (42.7%), American Airlines (14.0%), United Airlines (11.2%), Alaska Airlines (10.1%), and Delta Air Lines (9.9%).

It is the busiest single-runway commercial airport in the United States.

The airport is near the site of the Ryan Airlines factory, but it is not the same as Dutch Flats, the Ryan airstrip where Charles Lindbergh flight tested the Spirit of St. Louis before his historic 1927 transatlantic flight. The site of Dutch Flats is on the other side of the Marine Corps Recruit Depot, in the Midway area, near the current intersection of Midway and Barnett avenues.


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