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San Antonio International Airport was founded in 1941 when the City of San Antonio purchased 1,200 acres (490 ha) of undeveloped land that was then north of the city limits (now part of the city's Uptown District) for a project to be called "San Antonio Municipal Airport."
Horizon Airport (FAA LID: 74R) is a public-use airport located nine miles (14 km) south of the central business district of San Antonio, in Bexar County, Texas, United States. It is privately owned by Toudouze Investments, Inc. [ 2 ]
The airport has one terminal with six gates. In early 2006, Gate 5 opened on the main concourse due to the arrival of Delta Connection. In 2008, a terminal capacity study assessed the future needs of the airport and possible terminal expansion to include eight gates, a larger ticketing/office area, and a TSA security area queue.
Civilian flights were banned during WWI, and the airport became San Antonio's civil airport in 1918. The name was changed to Windburn Field in 1927, but then changed back to Stinson Field in 1936. The Works Progress Administration built the terminal building between 1935 and 1936.
This OAG lists TI DC-9 service to San Angelo from Austin, Laredo, McAllen and San Antonio in Texas and from Abilene, Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. By 1978 all TI flights at the airport were DC-9s with four a day to Dallas/Fort Worth via a stop in Abilene. [16] The airline merged into Continental Airlines in 1982 and soon left San Angelo.
On March 27, 2019, the first of two 747-8i (N894BA) flew from SCLA to Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, for conversion into a presidential transport VC-25B. It was one of two built for the Russian airline Transaero, but the airline went bankrupt before taking delivery of the 747s. The cost of converting both aircraft is estimated ...
Both DC-9 flights to Dallas continued direct to San Antonio. TI Convair 600s flew to Albuquerque, and a DC-9 flew nonstop to San Angelo, an extension of a flight from Dallas. In 1976 the airport had international service of a sort as Texas International DC-9s flew direct to Mexico City four days a week via Dallas/Fort Worth and Houston. [16]
Terminal 3 map Terminal 3 main hall. Dedicated exclusively to international flights, Terminal 3 features 21 gates (C4 through C24). Primarily utilized by major US carriers and select Canadian and European carriers, the terminal provides amenities such as shops, including duty-free options, cafés, restaurants, and immigration and customs ...