San Diego airport’s new Terminal 1 is about to open. It had no choice but to build a bigger facility.

San Diego airport’s new Terminal 1 is about to open. It had no choice but to build a bigger facility.

For decades, local leaders vainly searched for a new location for San Diego’s international airport, which has but a single runway and is hemmed in by the bay and dense urban neighborhoods, with no room to grow. When the quixotic quest finally ended in 2006 with the lopsided failure of a ballot measure to move the airfield and its terminals to Miramar Marine Corps Air Station, the airport did the next best thing. It went into full-on redevelopme…

New Airport Terminal Captures the Essence of San Diego

SAN DIEGO – San Diego International Airport’s new $3.8 billion Terminal 1 was designed and built with one overarching goal – make it look and feel like San Diego. “We wanted to bring about a new Terminal 1 that was reflective of a contemporary modern day airport experience that reflects this region and the community,” […]

Out with the old and in with the new at San Diego International Airport

The first flight into the new Terminal One is scheduled to arrive at 8:55 tonight, and the last flight out of the old Terminal One is set to depart 15 minutes later.