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San Antonio International Airport

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San Antonio International Airport (IATA: SAT, ICAO: KSAT) is a commercial airport in San Antonio, Texas. The airport has three runways, and its elevation is 809 feet above sea level. SAT is a Class C airport.

In 2005, San Antonio International Airport handled 7,425,983 passengers, up 6.1 percent from 2004 and breaking the previous record of 7,305,335 set in 2000. SAT averages 260 daily departures and arrivals at its 27 gates, which serve 12 airlines flying to 36 metro areas, including Mexico City and Monterrey. The airport's top-ranked destinations are Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Chicago, Baltimore, New York, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Atlanta and Washington, D.C. As of April 2006, Southwest Airlines is the airport's largest passenger air carrier, enplaning 35.1 percent of the airport's total passengers. American, Continental, and Delta are the next three largest carriers. From February to September 2006, United Airlines maintained a "mini-hub" at the airport with flights to 12 cities in conjunction with their partner Trans States Airlines. Trans States Airlines redeployed their aircraft elsewhere, eliminating service to seven cities.

The airport is currently undergoing a major, multi-million dollar expansion project which will add new terminals and parking facilities. The ultimate master plan for the project will increase gate capacity to 34. In addition, construction projects involving Interstate 410 and U.S. Highway 281 will improve access to the airport. (The airport sits near the northeast corner of the I-410/US 281 intersection.)

Airport officials produce a 30-minute news program about once every quarter. "Airport Airwaves" airs on Tuesdays at 9 p.m., Wednesdays at 11 a.m., and Fridays at 1:30 p.m. on the Government Access cable channel.

Terminals, airlines, and destinations

San Antonio International Airport currently has two terminals with 24 jet-bridge gates (as well as 3 seldom-used ground-loading gates). The original one-level terminal (now Terminal 2) opened in 1953 with ground-loading holding areas and was expanded twice, once in 1959 with new east and west wings and again in 1968 with an 8-gate satellite concourse. A second terminal (now Terminal 1) opened in 1984 with a 16-gate concourse. The U.S. Customs Federal Inspection Station (FIS) is located in Terminal 1. Gates 1-2 and 10-11 have direct access to the FIS.

The two-level parking garage immediately across from Terminal 1 opened in 1982. The FAA control tower became operational in 1986. And the five-level parking garage opened in 1999.

As part of an airport expansion program that is now underway, the recently renovated Terminal 2 will be razed after a new two-level 7-gate concourse is completed in late 2008. Terminal 1 will then be renamed Terminal A, and the new concourse will be named Terminal B. Another terminal, Terminal C, will then be constructed beginning in 2009. It will initially include 5 gates and will subsequently be expanded to 11 gates. Terminal C should be completed in late 2010, bringing San Antonio's total number of jet-bridge gates to 28. This number will eventually increase to 34 gates once Terminal C is expanded. The bi-level roadway in front of Terminal 1 is also being expanded to provide service to the new Terminal B and future Terminal C. A five-level 1.1-million-square-foot 3,000-space parking garage will also be constructed adjacent to the existing parking garages. Various utility projects and upgrades are also being performed as part of this program.

As of February 2006, four jet-bridge gates were not assigned to any airlines. Gate 1 in Terminal 1 is a city-operated gate, and Gates 8-9 in the same terminal as well as Gate 33 in Terminal 2 are vacant. Also, a ground-loading holding area in Terminal 2 has 3 city-operated common-use gates, Gates 39-41.

Terminal 1 (16 gates; Gates 1–16)

Terminal 2 (8 gates; Gates 30–37)

New service

  • ExpressJet Airlines Gate TBA (Albuquerque [begins TBA], New Orleans [begins TBA], Oklahoma City [begins TBA], Ontario [begins April 2, 2007], Raleigh/Durham [begins TBA], Sacramento [begins April 9, 2007], Tucson [begins TBA], Tulsa [begins TBA])

Other Operations

Vacation companies currently contract with regularly scheduled airlines and charter Aeroméxico for Mexican destinations Cancun, Cozumel, and Puerto Vallarta.

NBA and College team charters. The San Antonio Spurs and other select NBA teams use Champion Air (as of the 2005-06 season).

DHL, FedEx, and UPS operate cargo flights at SAT.

San Antonio Aerospace occasionally receives rare VIP aircraft under maintenance contracts. They also maintain commercial airline aircraft.

San Antonio receives a share of Dallas- and Houston-area diverted flights during bad weather. These diversions are more frequent during the thunderstorm-prone summer months than during the winter months. Past visitors have included trans-Atlantic flights.

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