"International" was added at the end of World War II as overseas service rapidly expanded. The airport's name was officially changed to San Francisco Airport in 1931 upon the purchase of the land. San Francisco purchased the property and the surrounding area expanding the site to 1,112 acres (450 ha) beginning in August 1930. Mills who oversaw the large tracts of property originally acquired by his grandfather, the banker Darius O. The land was leased from the Mills Estate in an agreement made with Ogden L.
San Francisco held a dedication ceremony at the airfield, officially named the Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, on May 7, 1927, on the 150-acre cow pasture. The City and County of San Francisco first leased 150 acres (61 ha) at the present airport site on March 15, 1927, for what was then to be a temporary and experimental airport project. Between 19, the San Francisco Airport Commission operated city-owned SFO Enterprises, Inc., to oversee its business purchases and operations of ventures. However, it is outside of San Francisco in unincorporated San Mateo County. The airport is owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco and has a San Francisco mailing address. It also serves as a hub for Alaska Airlines, which operates in Terminal 2. Additionally, SFO is a major maintenance hub for United Airlines and houses the SFO Museum that was created in 1980, the first museum in an international airport. SFO functions as United's primary Trans-Pacific gateway. It is the fifth-largest hub for United Airlines, which operates out of Terminal 3 and the International Terminal. In 2017, it was the seventh-busiest airport in the United States and the 24th-busiest in the world by passenger count. SFO is the largest airport in the San Francisco Bay Area and the second-busiest in California, after Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). It has flights to points throughout North America and is a major gateway to Europe, the Middle East, Asia, and Australasia. San Francisco International Airport ( IATA: SFO, ICAO: KSFO, FAA LID: SFO) is an international airport in San Mateo County, 13 miles (21 km) south of Downtown San Francisco, California. Source: San Francisco International Airport and FAA
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