@ San Francisco, CA
May 2023
A lineup of airliners wait their turn to depart from SFO. On May 7, 1927, a new airport, Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, opened for business. On June 9, 1931, the name was changed to San Francisco airport. On July 29, 1959, the first jet bridge in the United States was installed at San Francisco International Airport. SFO is the largest airport in the San Francisco Bay Area and the second-busiest in California, after Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).