I flew from Beijing to San Francisco and then connected. This is my first time there. Can anyone tell me about the situation at San Francisco Airport?

San Francisco International Airport IATA:SFO ICAO:KSFO

San Francisco International Airport is located approximately 13 miles (21 kilometers) south of San Francisco, adjacent to Mills in San Mateo County. Millbrae and San Bruno are large commercial airports in California, USA, with direct flights to major cities in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Australia. San Francisco International Airport is the largest airport and major international gateway in the San Francisco Bay Area and Northern California. It is also the second largest airport in California, the twelfth largest in the United States, and the 21st largest in the world in terms of passenger numbers as of 2004. The airport is managed by the San Francisco Airport Commission.

San Francisco International Airport is a major transfer station and maintenance center for United Airlines and was anticipated when Virgin America Airways began operations in 2006 Main operations center.

Access to San Francisco International Airport is very convenient. Since U.S. Highway 101 is right next to it, passengers can enter the airport directly from the dedicated interchange at San Francisco International Airport; Interstate Highway 380 to the north of the airport further connects the airport to other highways in the Bay Area, such as Interstate Highway 280. In terms of public transport, passengers can use the Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station in the international terminal to travel between the East Bay and downtown San Francisco; passengers from the Peninsula and South Bay can take the Caltrain to From Milbry Station, take the Bay Area Rapid Transit to the airport.

History

San Francisco Airport opened on May 7, 1927, on a former 150-acre cattle ranch. The land was leased by Ogden L. Mills, a major local landowner, and the airport was known as Mills Field Municipal Airport until 1931, when it was named San Francisco Municipal Airport. In 1955, the word Municipal was changed to International.

Beginning in 1935, Pan American International Airways used the airport as a terminal for its Pacific route China Clipper service. The number of domestic routes increased dramatically after World War II, when Oakland International Airport was requisitioned by the military and its civilian passenger service was moved to San Francisco.

After the war, United Airlines was located at SFO, using Pan Am's terminals to provide service to Hawaii and other domestic locations. In 1954, the central terminal was put into service. SFO's jet services began in the 1950s when Union built a large maintenance center in San Francisco for its new Douglas DC-8 airliners. In 1974, a new domestic terminal was built, and the central terminal became the international terminal (today's second terminal).

In the 1990s, as the economy and dot coms (Internet-based companies) took off, SFO became the sixth busiest airport in the world. However, after 2001 when the economy stopped booming, SFO fell out of the top 20 busiest airports.

SFO has continued to expand over the past few years. The most recent one was the new international terminal built in December 2000 at a cost of one billion yuan to replace the second terminal. The terminal houses a world-class aviation library and museum

Aircraft accident

On December 24, 1964, Tiger Airways Flight 282 bound for New York City crashed in the mountains west of the airport, killing the three crew members on board. .

On July 30, 1971, Pan Am Flight 845 Boeing 747 (registration number: N747PA, name: Clipper America) bound for Tokyo collided with navigation instruments at the end of runway 1R. The aircraft's landing gear was damaged, and the aircraft continued to fly out to the Pacific Ocean to dump fuel to reduce the aircraft's weight for an emergency landing. Emergency rescue was on standby at the airport. The plane turned back to the airport and landed on Runway 28R, using only the landing gear on one side of the fuselage. When the landing gear failed to bear the load, the aircraft skidded to a patch of dirt outside the runway and came to a stop, but there was no fire. Passengers were successfully evacuated using the escape slides. All 218 passengers and crew were not killed, and some were seriously injured. The investigation report stated that the cause of the accident was that the flight dispatcher provided incorrect information about the load capacity and runway length to the crew.

On January 31, 2000, Alaska Airlines Flight 261 crashed in the Pacific Ocean near Los Angeles along the Puerto Murata-San Francisco-Seattle/Tacoma flight route. Everyone on board was killed. Loss of life.

United Airlines Flight 93 was one of the four hijacked and crashed aircraft on September 11, 2001, traveling from Newark Airport to San Francisco. In 1995, many flights to San Francisco were targeted by Pojinka, a failed terrorist plan.

Terminals and airlines

Terminal 1 (Terminal 1)

Terminal 1, formerly known as South Terminal, was It consists of Rotunda A, Boarding Area B, and Boarding Area C. Boarding Hall A will be demolished after the renovation of Terminal 2 is completed. The east boarding gate of boarding area A of the International Terminal, which is currently occupied by boarding hall A, will be opened for use after boarding hall A is demolished.

Rotunda A, Gate 1-17

Midwest Airlines - (Kansas City, Milwaukee)

US Airways - (Charlotte, Philadelphia (Philadelphia), Pittsburgh)

[Editor] Boarding Area B (Boarding Area B), boarding gate 20-36

Air Canada - (Calgary, Montreal, Toronto, Vancouver)

Alaska Airlines - (Palm Springs, Vancouver) Portland (Oregon), Seattle-Tacoma, Vancouver)

Horizon Air (Horizon Air) - (Portland (Oregon))

ATA Airlines?ATA Airlines) - (Chicago Midway, Indianapolis, Honolulu, Lihue)

Continental Airlines (Continental Airlines) - (Cleveland, Houston Intercontinental, Newark)

Frontier Airlines - (Denver)

Sun Country Airlines - (Minneapolis/St. Paul)

America West Airlines ( America West Airlines - (Las Vegas, Phoenix)

America West Express - (Las Vegas)

By Mesa Airlines (Mesa Airlines) flight

Boarding Area C, gate 40-48

Delta Air Lines - (Atlanta, Cincinnati/ Northern Kentucky, Honolulu, Salt Lake City)

Delta Connection - (Salt Lake City)

Flying with SkyWest Airlines

Song - (Boston, New York JFK, Orlando (from November 4))

Hawaiian Airlines - (Honolulu)

Northwest Airlines ( Northwest Airlines) - (Detroit, Honolulu, Memphis, Minneapolis/Saint Paul)

Terminal 2 (Terminal 2) under renovation

Terminal 2 in 1954 The name when it opened was Central Terminal. From 1974 to the opening of the new international terminal in 2000, the second terminal was also the international terminal of San Francisco International Airport. Terminal 2 is currently under renovation. After the renovation is completed, it will provide redundant gates to allow Rotunda A to be demolished. Currently, Terminal 2 is only used as a passage between Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. The boarding hall of Terminal 2 is also called Boarding Area D. The SFO Medical Clinic is also located on the lower level of this terminal, near the baggage claim area.

Boarding Area D (Boarding Area D)

No airlines operate here. It is generally believed that Virgin America will use this boarding area, but it has not yet Official news.

Terminal 3 (Terminal 3)

The third terminal, which consists of boarding area E and boarding area F, was formerly named North Terminal. United Airlines and American Airlines use Terminal 3, with United Airlines accounting for the majority.

[Boarding Area E, American Airlines Concourse, Gates 60-67

American Airlines - (Boston , Chicago O'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Honolulu, Kahului, Los Angeles, Miami, New York JFK, St. Louis)

American Eagle Airlines - (Orange County) < /p>

]Boarding Area F, United Airlines Concourse, gate 68-90

Boarding Area F only serves United Airlines domestic flights , all United Airlines international flights arrive and depart from the international terminal

United Airlines (United Airlines) - (Anchorage, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Boston, Burbank, ChicagoO 'Hare, Dallas-Fort Worth, Denver, Honolulu, Houston Intercontinental, Kona, Lihue, Los Angeles, Kahului, Minneapolis/St. Paul, New Orleans, New York JFK, Newark, Orange County , Ontario (California), Philadelphia (Philadelphia), Portland (Oregon), San Diego, Seattle-Tacoma, Vancouver, Washington Dulles)

United Express (United Express) - (Albuquerque, Bakersfield, Boise, Burbank, Calgary, Chico, Colorado Springs, Crescent City, Edmonton Effective February 5, 2006, Eugene, Bylaw Cal, Fresno, Medford, Mondstadt, Monterey, Reading, Redman/Bander, Reno/Tahoe City, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Luis Obispo, San Tabbara)

Flighted by SkyWest Airlines

Ted - (Cabo San Lucas, Las Vegas Vegas, Phoenix, Puerto Vallarta, Ontario (California)

International Terminal (International Terminal)

Opened in December 2000 The International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport is currently the largest international terminal in North America and the largest building in the world built on base isolators with earthquake protection capabilities. It was used to replace the second terminal of San Francisco International Airport's international terminal until 2000. The boarding area of ??the San Francisco Airport International Terminal is mainly divided into two floors. The upper floor is mainly used by restaurants and shops, and the lower floor is mainly used for the departure lounge of the boarding gate. One interesting thing is that travelers won't find any ordinary fast food restaurants in the San Francisco International Terminal. Instead, they will be run by famous Bay Area restaurants that are versions of their own restaurants.

Since there is little space left for expansion, the new international terminal is basically built on the main thoroughfare of the airport at a relatively expensive cost. The advantage of this location is that the new terminal and the old terminal form a continuous ring with the parking lot as the center; the disadvantage is that the new international terminal cannot use the original road system and must build its own complex interchange and the US highway next to it. 101 connection.

Different from other terminals, the international terminal’s boarding gate names have ‘A’ and ‘G’ in front of the boarding area name. This is mainly to avoid confusion between the two adjacent check-in areas, International Terminal Check-in Area A and Terminal 1 Check-in Hall A. This practice may be eliminated after the demolition of Terminal 1 Check-in Hall A. .

In order to increase the usage of the international terminal, a small number of US domestic flights use this terminal.

Boarding Area A, boarding gates A1-A12

South wing of the international terminal, opposite to boarding area G, boarding hall of Terminal 1 Next to A (Rotunda A)

Air France - (Paris Charles de Gaulle International Airport)

AirTran Airways - (Atlanta)

< p> Alaska Airlines - (Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Los Cabos, Mazatlan, Pudumulata ( Puerto Vallarta))

ATA Airlines - (Cancun)

British Airways - (London Heathrow Airport)

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Cathay Pacific - (Hong Kong)

China Airlines - (Taipei)

Icelandair - (Lei Reykjavik)

Japan Airlines - (Tokyo Narita International Airport)

KLM - (Amsterdam)

Korean Air - (Seoul Incheon International Airport)

Northwest Airlines - (Bangkok, Tokyo Narita)

Philippine Airlines (Philippine Airlines) - (Manila)

Qantas Airways - (Sydney (from March 26, 2006))

Central American Airlines Company (TACA) - (San Jose (Costa Rica))

Virgin Atlantic - (London Heathrow)

WestJet - (Calgary)

Boarding Area G, gates G91-G102

Air China - (Beijing, Shanghai )

Air New Zealand - (Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney)

All Nippon Airways - (Tokyo/Narita)

Asiana Airlines - (Seoul/Incheon)

EVA Air - (Taipei-Zhongzheng)

Lufthansa (Lufthansa) - (Frankfurt, Munich)

Mexicana - (Guadalajara, Mexico City, Morelia)

Singapore Airlines - (Singapore (via Seoul/Incheon or Hong Kong))

United Airlines (Beijing, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Ho Chi Minh City (via Hong Kong), London/Heathrow, Mexico City, Nagoya ( Nagoya)/Chubu, Osaka/Kansai, Paris/Charles de Gaulle, Sao Paulo, Seoul/Incheon, Shanghai, Singapore, Sydney, Taipei (via Tokyo/Narita), Tokyo/Narita)