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Line 39: }} '''San Diego International Airport''' {{airport codes\|SAN\|KSAN\|SAN}} is an [[international airport]] serving [[San Diego, California]], United States. The airport is located {{convert\|3\|mi\|km nmi\|spell=in}} northwest of [[downtown San Diego]]. It covers {{cvt\|663\|acres}} of land and is ~~ranked~~ the third busiest airport in California in terms of passenger traffic.<ref name="FAA">{{FAA-airport\|ID=SAN\|use=PU\|own=PU\|site=02170.A}}. [[US Federal Aviation Administration]]. Effective April 18, 2024.</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|title=SAN airport data at skyvector.com \|url=https://www.skyvector.com/airport/SAN/San-Diego-International-Airport \|access-date=August 27, 2022 \|website=skyvector.com}}</ref> It is the busiest single-[[runway]] airport in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Candelieri \|date=August 30, 2023 \|title=San Diego International Airport is busiest single-runway airport in US \|url=https://fox5sandiego.com/news/local-news/san-diego-international-airport-is-busiest-single-runway-airport-in-us/ ~~\|archive-url= \|archive-date=~~ \|access-date=May 11, 2024 \|website=FOX 5 San Diego}}</ref> The airport is owned and operated by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.<ref name="FAA" /><ref>{{Cite web \|title=About the Airport Authority \|url=http://www.san.org/Airport_Authority/index.asp \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060923220007/http://www.san.org/Airport_Authority/index.asp \|archive-date=September 23, 2006 \|website=San Diego County Regional Airport Authority}}</ref> It operates in [[controlled airspace]] served by [[Southern California TRACON]].<ref name="SoCal TRACON">{{Cite web \|title=Southern California TRACON (SCT) \|url=https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/air_traffic_services/tracon/sct/ \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170529233825/https://www.faa.gov/about/office_org/headquarters_offices/ato/service_units/air_traffic_services/tracon/sct/ \|archive-date=May 29, 2017 \|access-date=May 29, 2017 \|publisher=[[US Federal Aviation Administration]] \|quote=Southern California TRACON (SCT) serves most airports in Southern California and guides about 2.2 million planes over roughly 9,000 square miles in a year, making our facility one of the busiest in the world.}}</ref> The airport's landing approach is well known for its close proximity to the [[skyscrapers]] of downtown San Diego,<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Lori Weisberg \|date=August 3, 2011 \|title=How safe is San Diego airport? \|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/sdut-how-does-san-diego-fare-on-airport-safety-2011aug03-story.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622054044/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/business/tourism/sdut-how-does-san-diego-fare-on-airport-safety-2011aug03-story.html \|archive-date=June 22, 2019 \|access-date=June 21, 2019 \|quote=Anyone who’s ever glanced skyward as a jetliner is making its final approach into Lindbergh Field would swear that it could easily scrape one of the high-rises in its path. As scary as the impending landing seems, San Diego International Airport is in fact the seventh safest airfield in the U.S., according to Travel + Leisure magazine.}}</ref> and can sometimes prove difficult to pilots due to the relatively short usable landing area, steep descent angle over the crest of [[Bankers Hill, San Diego\|Bankers Hill]], and shifting wind currents just before landing.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Sean Breslin \|date=March 21, 2017 \|title=The 10 Most Challenging U.S. Airports, According to Honeywell \|url=https://weather.com/travel/commuter-conditions/news/most-challenging-airports-united-states-honeywell \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622054045/https://weather.com/travel/commuter-conditions/news/most-challenging-airports-united-states-honeywell \|archive-date=June 22, 2019 \|access-date=June 21, 2019 \|quote=Weather in San Diego is known for being ideal much of the year, but there are other factors that make arrivals and departures to this airport among the toughest in the nation. According to Honeywell, pilots must make a steep approach into the airport, and strong tailwinds can also be present.}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web \|last=RALPH FRAMMOLINO and GEORGE RAMOS \|date=April 26, 1988 \|title=S.D. Airport Rated 5th on Danger List: Pilots Call LAX Most Dangerous in Nation \|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-26-me-1461-story.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190622054044/https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-04-26-me-1461-story.html \|archive-date=June 22, 2019 \|access-date=June 21, 2019 \|website=[[Los Angeles Times]] \|quote=The mountains to the east force pilots to make a steep landing on a relatively short runway, said Dick Russell, a United Airlines pilot and area safety coordinator for the Air Line Pilots Assn. (ALPA) chapter in Los Angeles. The runway measures 9,400 feet, but angling in over the man-made and natural obstacles effectively shortens that by 1,800 feet, Russell said.}}</ref> ==History== Line 48: Prior to the development of the airport, the area was a delta river outlet for the [[San Diego River]] into [[San Diego Bay]], which was then re routed to terminate to the Pacific Ocean parallel to [[Mission Bay (San Diego)\|Mission Bay]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Smythe, William E., "History of San Diego, 1542-1908", Part Seven, Chapter II \|url=https://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/smythe/7-2.htm \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160401065156/https://www.sandiegohistory.org/books/smythe/7-2.htm \|archive-date=April 1, 2016 \|access-date=May 14, 2021}}</ref> The airport is near the site of the [[Ryan Airline Company\|Ryan Airlines]] factory, but it is not the same as [[Dutch Flats Airport]], the Ryan airfield 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 San Diego\|Marine Corps Recruit Depot]], in the [[Midway, San Diego\|Midway ~~neighborhood~~]] area, near the intersection of Midway and Barnett Avenues.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=February 15, 2012 \|title=Port of San Diego map \|url=http://www.charleslindbergh.com/images2/RyanSanDiegoMap.jpg \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717034104/http://www.charleslindbergh.com/images2/RyanSanDiegoMap.jpg \|archive-date=July 17, 2012 \|access-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref> Inspired by Lindbergh's flight and excited to have made his plane, the city of San Diego passed a bond issue in 1928 for the construction of a two-runway municipal airport. Lindbergh encouraged the building of the airport and agreed to lend his name to it.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=February 15, 2012 \|title=CharlesLindbergh.com \|url=http://www.charleslindbergh.com/pdf/lindbergh_lore.pdf \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120717034108/http://www.charleslindbergh.com/pdf/lindbergh_lore.pdf \|archive-date=July 17, 2012 \|access-date=July 18, 2012}}</ref> The new airport, dedicated on August 16, 1928, was '''San Diego Municipal Airport – Lindbergh Field''', with 140 Navy and 82 Army planes involved in a flyover. The airport was the first federally certified airfield to serve all aircraft types, including [[seaplane]]s.<ref name="AECOM2018" /><ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Katrina Pescador \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=whp_Vj4vCkYC&pg=PA35 \|title=San Diego International Airport Lindbergh Field \|last2=Alan Renga \|last3=Pamela Gay \|publisher=Arcadia Publishing \|others=San Diego Air & Space Museum \|year=2012 \|isbn=978-0-7385-8908-4 \|series=Images of Aviation \|page=35 \|lccn=2011936592 \|access-date=February 23, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116051351/https://books.google.com/books?id=whp_Vj4vCkYC&pg=PA35 \|archive-date=January 16, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> The original terminal was on the northeast side of the field, on Pacific Highway.<ref name="AECOM2018">{{Cite report \|url=https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/midway-pacific_hwy_cpu_peir_final.pdf \|title=Midway-Pacific Highway Community Plan Update \|last=AECOM \|date=May 2018 \|publisher=City of San Diego \|pages=2–13 \|access-date=February 23, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180905223117/https://www.sandiego.gov/sites/default/files/midway-pacific_hwy_cpu_peir_final.pdf \|archive-date=September 5, 2018 \|url-status=live}}</ref> The airport was also a testing facility for several early US [[Glider (sailplane)\|sailplane]] designs, notably those by [[William Hawley Bowlus]] (superintendent of construction on the Spirit of St. Louis) who also operated the Bowlus Glider School at Lindbergh Field from 1929 to 1930.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=Michelson \|first=Alan \|date=205 \|title=San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, San Diego Municipal Airport Lindbergh Field, Bowlus, William Hawley, Glider School, San Diego, CA \|url=http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/12469/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224001805/http://pcad.lib.washington.edu/building/12469/ \|archive-date=February 24, 2019 \|access-date=February 23, 2019 \|website=Pacific Coast Architecture Database \|publisher=University of Washington}}</ref> The airport was also the site of a national and world record for women's altitude established in 1930 by [[Ruth Alexander]].<ref>{{Cite book \|last1=Hannah S. Cohen \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tllmDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA56 \|title=Remarkable Women of San Diego: Pioneers, Visionaries and Innovators \|last2=Gloria G. Harris \|date=November 21, 2016 \|publisher=Arcadia Publishing Incorporated \|isbn=978-1-62585-726-2 \|pages=56–58 \|access-date=February 23, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116051341/https://books.google.com/books?id=tllmDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA56 \|archive-date=January 16, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news \|date=September 18, 1930 \|title=Ruth Alexander Killed in San Diego Air Crash \|work=Evening Tribune \|location=San Diego \|url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/150-years/sd-me-150-years-september-18-htmlstory.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=February 23, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224001923/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/150-years/sd-me-150-years-september-18-htmlstory.html \|archive-date=February 24, 2019}}</ref> The airport was also the site of the first transcontinental glider tow by Capt. Frank Hawks departing Lindbergh Field on March 30, 1930, and ending in Van Cortland Park in New York City on April 6, 1930. On June 1, 1930, a regular San Diego–Los Angeles [[airmail]] route started. The airport gained [[international airport]] status in 1934. In April 1937, [[United States Coast Guard]] Air Base was commissioned next to the airfield.<ref>{{Cite web \|last=<!--Not stated--> \|date=December 1999 \|title=Coast Guard Activities San Diego \|url=https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jul/04/2001772955/-1/-1/0/STATION_CG_ACTIVITIES_SAN_DIEGO.PDF \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224002143/https://media.defense.gov/2017/Jul/04/2001772955/-1/-1/0/STATION_CG_ACTIVITIES_SAN_DIEGO.PDF \|archive-date=February 24, 2019 \|access-date=February 23, 2019 \|publisher=Department of Defense}}</ref> The Coast Guard's [[fixed-wing aircraft]] used Lindbergh Field until the mid-1990s when their fixed-wing aircraft were assigned elsewhere.<ref>{{Cite news \|last=Schnaifer \|first=Jeff \|date=August 26, 1995 \|title=Sportswriter on Deep-Sea Outing Reported Missing \|work=Los Angeles Times \|url=~~http~~https://~~articles~~www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1995-08-26~~/local/~~-me-~~39061_1_coast~~39061-~~guard~~story.html \|url-status=live \|access-date=February 23, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116051353/https://www.latimes.com/archives \|archive-date=January 16, 2022}}<br />{{Cite book \|last=Coast Guard Sector San Diego \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OGPTryyGRTwC&pg=PA8 \|title=The Coast Guard in San Diego \|publisher=Arcadia Publishing \|year=2010 \|isbn=978-0-7385-8014-2 \|page=8 \|access-date=February 23, 2019 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220116051351/https://books.google.com/books?id=OGPTryyGRTwC&pg=PA8 \|archive-date=January 16, 2022 \|url-status=live}}</ref> A major defense contractor and contributor to [[World War II]] heavy bomber production, [[Consolidated Aircraft]], later known as Convair, had their headquarters on the border of Lindbergh Field, and built many of their military aircraft there. Convair used the airport for test and delivery flights from 1935 to 1995.<ref>{{Cite web \|date=September 15, 2013 \|title=San Diego Air and Space Museum \|url=http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/consolidated_aircraft_exhibit/ \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131012042529/http://www.sandiegoairandspace.org/exhibits/consolidated_aircraft_exhibit/ \|archive-date=October 12, 2013 \|access-date=September 15, 2013 \|publisher=San Diego and Space Museum}}</ref> Line 95: ===Runway=== [[File:SAN airport diagram.svg\|thumb\|right\|SAN runway and ~~terminals~~terminal layout prior to June 2015]] The airport has one runway, designated 09/27 for its magnetic headings of 095 degrees (106 True) and 275 degrees (286 True). The runway, built of asphalt and concrete, measures {{convert\|9401\|x\|200\|ft}}. Each end has a [[displaced threshold]]: on Runway 27, the first {{convert\|1810\|ft}} are displaced, while the first {{convert\|1000\|ft}} are displaced on Runway 9. Line 155: \| [[Delta Connection]] \| [[Harry Reid International Airport\|Las Vegas]], [[Los Angeles International Airport\|Los Angeles]] \| <ref name="DeltaRoutes" /> <!-- --> \| [[Frontier Airlines]] \|[[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport\|Dallas/Fort Worth]], [[Denver International Airport\|Denver]], [[Harry Reid International Airport\|Las Vegas]], [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport\|Phoenix–Sky Harbor]], [[Sacramento International Airport\|Sacramento]],<ref>{{cite web\|url= https://www.travelandtourworld.com/news/article/frontier-airlines-announces-new-routes-across-nine-airports/ \|title= Frontier Airlines Announces New Routes Across Nine Airports \|website=Travel and Tour World\|access-date=June 13, 2024}}</ref> [[San Francisco International Airport\|San Francisco]], [[San Jose International Airport\|San Jose (CA)]]<ref>{{cite web \|title=Frontier Airlines Announces Daily Nonstop Service from San Jośe to Five Destinations\| access-date=May 21, 2024\| url=https://airportimprovement.com/news/frontier-airlines-announces-daily-nonstop-service-san-jos-five-destinations#:~:text=San%2520Jos%C3%A9%252C%2520Calif.,Diego%2520International%2520Airport%2520(SAN).}}</ref> ~~<br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport\|Atlanta]], [[Orlando International Airport\|Orlando]]~~ \| <ref name="FrontierRoutes">{{Cite web \|title=Frontier \|url=https://www.flyfrontier.com \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912053526/https://www.flyfrontier.com/ \|archive-date=September 12, 2017 \|access-date=March 17, 2018}}</ref> <!-- --> \| [[Hawaiian Airlines]] \| [[Daniel K. Inouye International Airport\|Honolulu]], [[Kahului Airport\|Kahului]] \| <ref name="HawaiianRoutes">{{Cite web \|title=Destinations \|url=https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/destinations \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180129192310/https://www.hawaiianairlines.com/destinations \|archive-date=January 29, 2018 \|access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref> Line 166: <!-- --> \| [[Porter Airlines]] \| [[Toronto Pearson International Airport\|Toronto–Pearson]] (begins December 9, 2024) \| <ref>{{cite web\|title=Porter Adds Two New Southern California Destinations \|url=https://financialpost.com/pmn/business-wire-news-releases-pmn/porter-adds-two-new-southern-california-destinations~~\| url-status=live~~ \| access-date=August 1, 2024}}</ref> <!-- --> \| [[Southwest Airlines]] \| [[Albuquerque International Sunport\|Albuquerque]], [[Austin–Bergstrom International Airport\|Austin]], [[Baltimore/Washington International Airport\|Baltimore]], [[Midway International Airport\|Chicago–Midway]], [[Dallas Love Field\|Dallas–Love]], [[Denver International Airport\|Denver]], [[El Paso International Airport\|El Paso]], [[Daniel K. Inouye International Airport\|Honolulu]], [[William P. Hobby Airport\|Houston–Hobby]], [[Kansas City International Airport\|Kansas City]], [[Harry Reid International Airport\|Las Vegas]], [[Nashville International Airport\|Nashville]], [[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport\|New Orleans]], [[San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport\|Oakland]], [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport\|Phoenix–Sky Harbor]], [[Portland International Airport\|Portland (OR)]], [[Reno–Tahoe International Airport\|Reno/Tahoe]], [[Sacramento International Airport\|Sacramento]], [[Salt Lake City International Airport\|Salt Lake City]], [[San Antonio International Airport\|San Antonio]], [[San Francisco International Airport\|San Francisco]], [[San Jose International Airport\|San Jose (CA)]], [[Los Cabos International Airport\|San José del Cabo]], [[St. Louis Lambert International Airport\|St. Louis]], [[Tucson International Airport\|Tucson]] <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport\|Atlanta]], [[Boise Airport\|Boise]], [[Colorado Springs Airport\|Colorado Springs]], [[John Glenn Columbus International Airport\|Columbus–Glenn]],<ref name="Southwest Route Expansion">{{cite web\|title=New Flight Schedules\|url=https://wieck-swa-production.s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/page-d5bda4d2c147f577fd1d8c167c4e5464/attachment/7edddc9c03df0fbe3e70f808a2345f236b0f15ba}}</ref> [[Indianapolis International Airport\|Indianapolis]], [[Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport\|Milwaukee]],<ref name="Southwest Route Expansion" /> [[Pittsburgh International Airport\|Pittsburgh]],<ref name="Southwest Route Expansion" /> [[Tampa International Airport\|Tampa]]<ref name="Southwest Route Expansion" /> \| <ref name="SouthwestRoutes">{{Cite web \|title=Check Flight Schedules \|url=https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202053931/https://www.southwest.com/air/flight-schedules/index.html \|archive-date=February 2, 2017 \|access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref> <!-- --> \| [[Spirit Airlines]] \| [[George Bush Intercontinental Airport\|Houston–Intercontinental]],<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://airwaysmag.com/spirit-axes-12-routes-adds-14/ \| title=Spirit Airlines Axes 12 Routes, Adds 14 More \| date=March 18, 2024 }}</ref> [[Harry Reid International Airport\|Las Vegas]], [[San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport\|Oakland]], [[Portland International Airport\|Portland (OR)]],<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/spirit-airlines-san-diego-international-airport-routes/3476085/ \| title=Spirit Airlines to offer 5 more routes from San Diego by this summer \| date=April 2024 }}</ref> [[Sacramento International Airport\|Sacramento]],<ref>{{cite web \|title=Spirit Airlines April 2024 Network Additions – 16OCT23 \|url=https://www.aeroroutes.com/eng/231017-nkapr24 \|website=Aeroroutes \|access-date=17 October 2023}}</ref> [[Salt Lake City International Airport\|Salt Lake City]],<ref>{{cite web\|title=Spirit to Launch New Routes To Fort Lauderdale, Boston, San Diego and more\|url=https://www.travelandleisure.com/spirit-airlines-new-routes-8621095\|access-date=March 27, 2024}}</ref> [[San Jose International Airport\|San Jose (CA)]]<ref name="SpiritRoutes">{{Cite web \|title=Where We Fly \|url=https://www.spirit.com/RouteMaps.aspx \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171223042503/https://www.spirit.com/routemaps.aspx \|archive-date=December 23, 2017 \|access-date=March 30, 2018 \|publisher=Spirit Airlines}}</ref> <br /> '''Seasonal:''' [[Baltimore International Airport\|Baltimore]]<ref>{{cite web \| url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/travel/news/spirit-airlines-adds-4-new-routes-but-suspends-3-others/ar-BB1okjtA \|title=Spirit Airlines adds 4 new routes but suspends 3 others ~~\|url-status=live~~ \|date=June 25, 2024}}</ref>\| {{cn\|date=September 2024}} <!-- --> \| {{nowrap\|[[Sun Country Airlines]]}} \| [[Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport\|Minneapolis/St. Paul]] \| <ref>{{Cite web \|title=Route Map & Flight Schedule \|url=https://www.suncountry.com/Explore/Route-Map.html \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815090927/https://www.suncountry.com/Explore/Route-Map.html \|archive-date=August 15, 2018 \|access-date=March 30, 2018}}</ref> Line 209: {{Location map~ \|mark = Green pog.svg \|United States \|lat=45.6770\|long=-111.0429\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport\|Bozeman/<br>Yellowstone]]</small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=41.7868\|long=-87.7522\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[Midway International Airport\|Chicago–Midway]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=32.~~8481~~896944\|long=-9697.~~8512~~038056\|position=left\|label='''<small>[[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport\|Dallas/<br>Fort Worth]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=32.~~9187~~847222\|long=-96.~~0590~~851677\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[Dallas Love Field\|Dallas–Love]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Green pog.svg \|United States \|lat=48.3077\|long=-114.2525\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[Glacier Park International Airport\|Glacier Park/<br>Kalispell]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=40.6925\|long=-74.168611\|position=left\|label='''<small>[[Newark Liberty International Airport Line 232: {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=44.254167\|long=-121.149722\|position=bottom\|label='''<small>[[Roberts Field\|{{nowrap\|Redmond/Bend}}]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=38.695556\|long=-121.590833\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[Sacramento International Airport\|Sacramento]] </small>'''\|label_size=70\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=37.618889\|long=-122.375\|position=~~top~~left\|label='''<small>[[San Francisco International Airport~~\|{{nowrap~~\|San <br>Francisco}}]] </small>'''\|label_size=70\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=37.362778\|long=-121.929167\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[San Jose International Airport\|San Jose]] </small>'''\|label_size=70\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=35.236944\|long=-120.641944\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[San Luis Obispo County Regional Airport\|San Luis Obispo]] </small>'''\|label_size=70\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=38.508889\|long=-122.812778\|position=top\|label='''<small>[[Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport\|Santa Rosa]] </small>'''\|label_size=70\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=27.979722\|long=-82.534722\|position=left\|label='''<small>[[Tampa International Airport\|Tampa]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=38.944444\|long=-77.455833\|position=~~right~~left\|label='''<small>[[Dulles International Airport\|~~{{nowrap\|Washington–Dulles}}~~Washington–<br>Dulles]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=40.219194\|long=-111.723361\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[Provo Municipal Airport\|Provo]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Green pog.svg \|United States \|lat=41.533889\|long=-93.663056\|position=top\|label='''<small>[[Des Moines International Airport\|Des Moines]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} Line 248: {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=29.526667\|long=-98.471944\|position=bottom\|label='''<small>[[San Antonio International Airport\|San Antonio]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=31.807222\|long=-106.3775\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[El Paso International Airport\|El Paso]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Green pog.svg \|United States \|lat=38.805833\|long=-104.700833\|position=~~right~~bottom\|label='''<small>[[Colorado Springs Airport\|{{nowrap\|Colorado Springs}}]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=29.993333\|long=-90.258056\|position=bottom\|label='''<small>[[Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport\|New Orleans]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|United States \|lat=36.894722\|long=-76.201111\|position=right\|label='''<small>[[Norfolk International Airport\|Norfolk]] </small>'''\|label_size=80\|marksize=7}} Line 273: \|caption=Hawaii destinations from San Diego International Airport <br /> {{font color \| red \| Red}} = Year-round destination <br /> \|places= {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|Hawaii \|lat=21.3069\|long=-157.8583\|position=bottom\|label='''[[Daniel K. Inouye International Airport\|Honolulu (Oahu)]]'''\|label_size=90 \|marksize=7 }} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|Hawaii \|lat=20.8946\|long=-156.4361\|position=top\|label='''[[Kahului Airport\|Kahului (Maui)]]'''\|label_size=90 \|marksize=7 }} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|Hawaii \|lat=21.9788\|long=-159.3438\|position=right\|label='''[[Lihue Airport\|Lihue (Kauai)]]'''\|label_size=90 \|marksize=7 }} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|Hawaii \|lat=19.6400\|long=-155.9969\|position=left\|label='''[[Kona International Airport\|{{nowrap\|Kailua-Kona}}<br>(Hawaii)]]'''\|label_size=90 \|marksize=7 }} }} \|- Line 292: \|caption=Mexico destinations from San Diego International Airport <br /> {{font color \| red \| Red}} = Year-round destination <br /> {{font color \| green \| Green }} = Seasonal destination <br /> \|places= {{Location map~ \|Mexico \|lat=32.733611 \|long=-117.1897226\|position=right\|label=<div style="position:relative; right:0px;"><small>'''San Diego'''</small></div>\|caption=\|mark=Airplane_silhouette.svg\|marksize=15 }} {{Location map~ \| Mexico\|lat=23.1455\|long=-109.7183\|position=bottom\|label='''[[Los Cabos International Airport\|{{nowrap\|Los Cabos}}]]'''\|label_size=90 \|marksize=7 }} {{Location map~ \|mark = Red pog.svg \|Mexico\|lat=20.6800\|long=-105.2542\|position=left\|label='''[[Licenciado Gustavo Díaz Ordaz International Airport\|{{nowrap\|Puerto Vallarta}}]]'''\|label_size=90 \|marksize=7 }} Line 332 ⟶ 333: ===Top destinations=== {\| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size: 95%" \|+ '''Busiest domestic routes from SAN<!-- BTS DATA IS ONLY FOR DESTINATIONS; THIS IS NOT "TO AND FROM" --> (~~May~~June 2023 – ~~April~~May 2024)'''<ref name="RITA \| BTS \| Transtats">{{Cite web \|title=San Diego, CA: San Diego International (SAN) \|url=https://www.transtats.bts.gov/airports.asp?20=E&Nv42146=fNa&Nv42146_anzr=fn0%20Qvrt1,%20PN:%20fn0%20Qvrt1%20V06r40n6v10ny&pn44vr4=SNPgf \|access-date=July 24, 2024 \|publisher=[[Bureau of Transportation Statistics]]}}</ref> \|- ! Rank Line 341 ⟶ 342: \| 1 \| [[Harry Reid International Airport\|Las Vegas, Nevada]] \| ~~767~~768,000 \| Delta, Frontier, Southwest, Spirit \|- \| 2 \| [[Denver International Airport\|Denver, Colorado]] \| ~~749~~754,000 \| Frontier, Southwest, United \|- \| 3 \| [[Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport\|Phoenix, Arizona]] \| ~~668~~674,000 \| American, Frontier, Southwest \|- \| 4 \| [[San Francisco International Airport\|San Francisco, California]] \| ~~650~~652,000 \| Alaska, Southwest, United \|- \| 5 \| [[Seattle–Tacoma International Airport\|Seattle, Washington]] \| ~~619~~618,000 \| Alaska, Delta \|- \| 6 \| [[Dallas Fort Worth International Airport\|Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas]] \| ~~603~~605,000 \| American, Frontier \|- \| 7 \| [[San Jose International Airport\|San Jose, California]] \| ~~590~~588,000 \| Alaska, Southwest, Spirit \|- \| 8 \| [[Sacramento International Airport\|Sacramento, California]] \| ~~576~~575,000 \| Alaska, Southwest, Spirit \|- \| 9 \| [[Oakland International Airport\|Oakland, California]] \| ~~412~~408,000 \| Southwest, Spirit \|- \| 10 \| [[O'Hare International Airport\|Chicago–O'Hare, Illinois]] \| ~~406~~407,000 \| American, United \|} Line 527 ⟶ 528: ==Accidents and incidents== On April 29, 1929, a [[Ford Trimotor]] operated by [[Maddux Air Lines]] collided in mid-air with a [[Boeing Model 15\|PW-9D]] shortly after taking off from Lindbergh Field. The aircraft collided over [[~~Downtown~~downtown San Diego]], killing all 5 aboard the Trimotor and the [[USAAC]] pilot of PW-9D. According to eyewitness accounts shortly before the collision the Air Corps pilot had been flying extremely close to the larger airliner in an impromptu show for viewers on the ground, when he misjudged the distance between the two aircraft and crashed into it.<ref>{{Cite web \|title=Aviation Safety Network \|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19290421-0 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303180457/http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19290421-0 \|archive-date=March 3, 2016 \|access-date=July 22, 2019}}</ref> On June 2, 1941, the first British [[Consolidated LB-30 Liberator II]], ''AL503'', on its acceptance flight for delivery from the [[Consolidated Aircraft Company]] plant in San Diego, crashed into [[San Diego Bay]]<ref name="rafbii">{{Cite web \|date=January 1, 1970 \|title=AL503 \|url=http://www.rafb24.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2627:AL503&catid=20&Itemid=394 \|url-status=live \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190224174015/http://www.rafb24.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2627:AL503&catid=20&Itemid=394 \|archive-date=February 24, 2019 \|access-date=February 24, 2019 \|website=RAF Liberator Squadrons}}</ref> when the flight controls froze, killing all five of the civilian crew: Consolidated Aircraft Company's chief test pilot William Wheatley, co-pilot Alan Austen, flight engineer Bruce Kilpatrick Craig, and two chief mechanics, Lewis McCannon and William Reiser. Craig had been commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant in the US Army Reserve in 1935 following Infantry ROTC training at the [[Georgia Institute of Technology]], where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in aeronautical engineering. He had applied for a commission in the US Army Air Corps before his death; this was granted posthumously, with the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. On August 25, 1941, the airfield in his hometown of [[Selma, Alabama]] was renamed [[Craig Field (airport)\|Craig Field]], later [[Craig Air Force Base]].<ref>{{Cite web \|title=The Memorialization of Lackland Streets \|url=http://www.lackland.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070222-007.pdf \|url-status=dead \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120315074109/http://www.lackland.af.mil/shared/media/document/AFD-070222-007.pdf \|archive-date=March 15, 2012 \|access-date=December 8, 2019 \|website=Lackland Air Force Base}}</ref> Investigation into the cause of the accident caused a two-month delay in deliveries, resulting in the [[Royal Air Force]] not receiving Liberator IIs until August 1941.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2017}} On May 10, 1943, the first [[Consolidated XB-32 Dominator]], ''41–141'', crashed on take-off at Lindbergh Field, likely from failure of the [[Flap (aeronautics)\|flaps]]. Although the bomber did not burn when it piled up at end of runway, Consolidated's senior test pilot Dick McMakin was killed. Six others on board were injured.<ref>Johnsen, Frederick A., "''Dominator: Last and Unluckiest of the Hemisphere Bombers''", Wings, Granada Hills, California, February 1974, Volume 4, Number 1, p. 10.</ref> This was one of only two [[Vertical stabilizer\|twin-finned]] B-32s (''41–142'' was the other); all subsequent planes had a [[PB4Y]]-style single tail.{{Citation needed\|date=September 2017}} *On November 22, 1944, [[Consolidated PB4Y-2 Privateer]], [[United States military aircraft serials#United States Navy and Marine Corps\|BuNo]] ''59544'', on a pre-delivery test flight from Lindbergh Field, took off at 12:23 am, lost its left outer wing on climb-out, and crashed in a ravine in an undeveloped area of [[Loma Portal, San Diego\|Loma Portal]] near the [[Naval Training Center San Diego\|Naval Training Center]], less than {{convert\|2\|mi\|km}} from the runway. All 6 members of the [[Consolidated Vultee]] test crew were killed, including pilot Marvin R. Weller, co-pilot Conrad C. Cappe, flight engineers Frank D. Sands and Clifford P. Bengston, radio operator Robert B. Skala, and Consolidated Vultee field operations employee Ray Estes. A wing panel landed on a home at 3121 Kingsley Street in Loma Portal. The cause was found to be 98 missing bolts; the wing was only attached with four spar bolts. Four employees who either were responsible for installation, or were inspectors who signed off on the undone work, were fired two days later. A San Diego [[Inquest\|coroner's jury]] found [[Convair\|Consolidated Vultee]] guilty of "gross negligence" by vote of 11–1 on January 5, 1945, and the [[Bureau of Aeronautics]] reduced its contract by one at a cost to firm of US$155,000. Consolidated Vultee paid out US$130,484 to the families of the six dead crew.<ref>Veronico, Nicholas A., " 'Failure at the Factory", ''Air Enthusiast'', Stamford, Lincs, UK, Number 124, July–August 2006, pp.31–33.</ref>