San Francisco International Airport
San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is an Enterprise Fund Department, which is owned and operated by the City and is the principal commercial service airport for the San Francisco Bay Area. The Airport is located 14 miles south of downtown San Francisco in an unincorporated area of San Mateo County between the Bayshore Freeway (U.S. Highway 101) and the San Francisco Bay. According to final data for calendar year 2008 from the Airports Council International (the ACI), the Airport ranked 10th in the United States in terms of passengers and 14th in terms of air cargo tonnage. According to 2008 U.S. Department of Transportation (U.S. DOT) statistics, the Airport is also a major origin and destination point (10th) and one of the nation's principal gateways for Pacific traffic and serves as a domestic hub and Pacific gateway for United Airlines.
During Fiscal Year 2008-09, the Airport was served by 49 passenger and 10 cargo only airlines. In Fiscal Year 2008-09, domestic passenger air carriers provided scheduled non-stop service to 73 airport destinations in the United States and one-stop service to an additional 34 destinations in the United States. Approximately 28 passenger airlines provided non-stop scheduled passenger service to over 30 international airport destinations and one-stop service to an additional 22 international destinations. According to traffic reports submitted by the airlines, the Airport served approximately 36.5 million passengers (enplanements and deplanements), in Fiscal Year 2008-09 and handled 379,200 total flight operations, including 363,034 scheduled passenger airline operations. United Airlines (including SkyWest Airlines/United Express and Ted) handled 40.6% of the total enplaned passengers at the Airport in Fiscal Year 2008-09.
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