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Airport Sacramento (USA) - International

Sacramento International Airport
IATA: SMF ICAO: KSMF FAA: SMF
Summary
Airport type public
Owner County of Sacramento
Serves Sacramento, California
Elevation AMSL 27 ft / 8.2 m
Coordinates 38°4144N 121°3527W / 38.69556°N 121.59083°W / 38.69556; -121.59083
Website http://www.sacairports.org/int
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
16L/34R 8,601 2,622 Concrete
16R/34L 8,600 2,621 Asphalt
Statistics (2006[1])
Passengers 10.4 million
Commercial flights/day > 150

Sacramento International Airport (IATA: SMF, ICAO: KSMF, FAA LID: SMF) is a public airport located 10 miles (16 km) northwest of the central business district (CBD) of Sacramento, in Sacramento County, California, USA. It is run by Sacramento County. Southwest Airlines currently accounts for about half of all airline passenger traffic.

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History

Due to the vast housing growth around Sacramento Executive Airport, the City of Sacramento Planning Department and the Sacramento County Board of Supervisors commissioned a study to move large commercial air operations to a less populated area. Choosing on a location adjacent to the then being constructed Interstate 5 in the farming area to the northwest of the city, the airport first opened on October 21, 1967 as Sacramento Metropolitan Airport. On June 24, 1988, it became the first airport on the west coast to host a Concorde, coinciding with the activation of the airports second runway. In 1998 with the opening of a new terminal building, it was renamed Sacramento International Airport; though it didn't receive its first international flights until 2002 when Mexicana initiated nonstop service to Guadalajara. The airport was officially designated a port of entry on October 5, 2006.[2]

Airline Market Share

Southwest Airlines is the largest carrier at Sacramento with 49.8% of total passenger volume during the 2007 calendar year. United Airlines / United Express is the second largest with a market share of 10.9%. Delta Air Lines / Delta Connection is the third largest with a market share of 6.4%. US Airways / US Airways Express has 5.7% of the market.[3]

Facilities

Sacramento International Airport covers 5,500 acres (22 km²) and has two runways:

All indoor public areas feature free public wi-fi (wireless Internet) provided by the Sacramento County Airport System.

Expansion Project

On June 7, 2006, plans were announced to replace the aging Terminal B with a brand new terminal by the year 2012 at a total estimated cost of $1.27 billion. Ground was broken on June 2008 to begin preliminary work on the new terminal. On October 28, 2008 the existing airport hotel was demolished to make way for the new four story steel and glass Terminal B. According to the plan, Terminal B will be demolished after all airlines have been phased into new locations in Central Terminal B and existing Terminal A. Southwest Airlines is the only airline confirmed at this time to be moving to the new terminal.

Public transportation

Yolobus bus #42 connects the airport to downtown Sacramento and the nearby communities of Woodland and Davis. Sacramento light rail will also provide service to the airport when the Green Line is finished in 2011.

Terminals, airlines, and destinations

The following airlines fly to Sacramento International Airport:[4]

Airlines Destinations Terminal
Alaska Airlines Kahului [begins March 26][5], Seattle/Tacoma B2
American Airlines Dallas/Fort Worth B2
Continental Airlines Houston-Intercontinental B2
Delta Air Lines Atlanta, Detroit [begins April 28], Minneapolis/St. Paul, Salt Lake City A
Delta Connection operated by SkyWest Airlines Salt Lake City A
Frontier Airlines Denver B1 (check-in)
B2 (gate operations)
Hawaiian Airlines Honolulu A
Horizon Air Boise, Palm Springs, Portland (OR), San Jose (CA), Santa Barbara, Spokane [begins March 26][6] B2
JetBlue Airways Long Beach, New York-JFK[7] B2
Mexicana Guadalajara, San José del Cabo International
Southwest Airlines Burbank, Chicago-Midway, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Ontario, Orange County, Phoenix, Portland (OR), San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma A
United Airlines Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, Washington-Dulles B1
United Express operated by SkyWest Airlines Crescent City, Denver, Eureka/Arcata, Los Angeles, San Francisco B1
US Airways Charlotte [seasonal], Philadelphia [seasonal], Phoenix A
US Airways Express operated by
Mesa Airlines		 Phoenix A

References

Notes

  1. ^ "About Sacramento International Airport". Sacramento International Airport web site. Retrieved Sept. 11, 2007.
  2. ^ Turner, Melanie (October 6, 2006). "Sacramento International named official port of entry". Sacramento Business Journal. http://sacramento.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2006/10/09/story8.html. Retrieved 2008-02-22. 
  3. ^ "Airline Passengers" (PDF). Sacramento County Airport System. December 2007. http://www.sacairports.org/int/about/stats/December%2007%20Internet.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-22. 
  4. ^ http://airports.co.sacramento.ca.us/int/flightinfo/Apr09FlightSked.pdf
  5. ^ "Alaska Airlines adds Hawaii flights from Sacramento, San Jose". Puget Sound Business Journal. 2009-11-10. http://seattle.bizjournals.com/seattle/stories/2009/11/09/daily16.html. Retrieved 2009-11-10. 
  6. ^ http://www.alaskaair.com/as/www2/promo/GEG-SMF-SJC.asp?CID=AS_DEST1_20091118AW_GEG
  7. ^ http://www.jetblue.com/wherewejet/

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