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San Francisco International Airport (IATA: SFO, ICAO: KSFO, FAA LID: SFO) is the primary international airport serving the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is located in an unincorporated area of San Mateo County , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and is about 12 miles southeast of San Francisco.
It is the second-busiest airport in California, after Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and the 29th-busiest in the world. It is the primary transpacific gateway for United Airlines and a hub for Alaska Airlines. San José Mineta International Airport (SJC) is the second busiest airport in the area, and is the closest to the Silicon ...
List of the largest cargo airports in the United States based on weight of landed cargo in US pounds (freight + mail) since 2008 (note: this list includes airports in U.S. territories). Rank (2022)
This is a list of airports in California (a U.S. state), grouped by type and sorted by location.It contains all public-use and military airports in the state. Some private-use and former airports may be included where notable, such as airports that were previously public-use, those with commercial enplanements recorded by the FAA or airports assigned an IATA airport code.
Oakland International Airport, officially Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK) is an international airport in Oakland, California, United States. The airport is located 7 miles (11 km) south of Downtown Oakland and 12 miles (19 km) east of San Francisco , serving the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay ...
LAX serves as a major hub or focus city for seven airlines, more than any other airport in the United States. In 2019, LAX handled over 88 million passengers and 2 million tons of cargo. [2] The FlyAway express bus system connects LAX with Los Angeles Union Station, the region's primary rail transportation hub.
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The airport authority required the 3,000 ft (910 m) extension to ensure that cargo planes could depart fully loaded in summer heat. The longer runway was also required for the efficient use of the facility as the main transportation hub for the 70,000 troops a year traveling to and from the Army National Training Center at Fort Irwin.