SFO - San Francisco 🇺🇸

:round_pushpin: Airport Name and ICAO/IATA Code
San Francisco International Airport (ICAO: KSFO/ IATA: SFO)

:globe_showing_europe_africa: Location (City, Country)
San Francisco , California , USA

:chart_increasing: Airport Type & Size
Major international hub with 4 runways, supports A380 and an225, 52M pax/year

:vertical_traffic_light: Why should this airport be added to World of Airports?
It is a hub for United Airlines, acting as the airline’s primary trans-Pacific gateway and as a major maintenance facility. Additionally, SFO serves as a hub for Alaska Airlines.

:airplane_departure: Major Airlines & Routes
Airlines Destinations Reference

•Aer Lingus - Dublin.

•Aeroméxico - Guadalajara, Mexico City.

•Air Canada - Montreal–Trudeau, Toronto–Pearson, Vancouver.

•Air Canada Express - Vancouver, Edmonton.

•Air China - Beijing–Capital.

•Air France - Paris–Charles de Gaulle.

•Air India - Bengaluru, Delhi , Mumbai.

•Air New Zealand - Auckland.

•Air Premia - Seoul–Incheon.

•Alaska Airlines - Austin , Boise , Boston , Burbank , Cancún , Chicago–O’Hare , Everett , Kailua-Kona , Las Vegas , Lihue , Los Angeles , New York–JFK , Newark , Orange County , Orlando , Palm Springs , Phoenix–Sky Harbor , Portland (OR) , Puerto Vallarta , Redmond/Bend , Salt Lake City , San Diego , San José del Cabo , Seattle/Tacoma , Spokane , Washington–Dulles, Washington–National,Anchorage , Bozeman , Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo , Jackson Hole,Loreto.

•All Nippon Airways - Tokyo–Haneda , Tokyo–Narita

•American Airlines - Charlotte , Chicago–O’Hare , Dallas/Fort Worth , Los Angeles , Miami , New York–JFK , Philadelphia , Phoenix–Sky Harbor.

•American Eagle - Los Angeles , Phoenix–Sky Harbor.

•Asiana Airlines - Seoul–Incheon.

•Avianca El Salvador - San Salvador .

•Breeze Airways - Cincinnati , Louisville , Provo , Richmond , San Bernardino .

•British Airways - London–Heathrow .

•Cathay Pacific - Hong Kong.

•China Airlines - Taipei–Taoyuan .

•China Eastern Airlines - Shanghai–Pudong.

•China Southern Airlines - Guangzhou , Wuhan.

•Condor - Frankfurt

•Copa Airlines - Panama City–Tocumen.

•Delta Airlines - Atlanta , Austin , Boston , Detroit , Los Angeles , Minneapolis/St. Paul , New York–JFK , Salt Lake City , Seattle/Tacoma.

•Delta Connection - Seattle/Tacoma.

•Emirates - Dubai–International.

•EVA Air - Taipei–Taoyuan.

•Fiji Airway - Nadi.

•Flair Airlines - Vancouver.

•French Bee - Papeete , Paris–Orly.

•Frontier Airlines - Atlanta , Dallas/Fort Worth , Denver , Los Angeles , Las Vegas , Ontario , Orange County , Phoenix–Sky Harbor , Portland (OR) , Salt Lake City , San Diego, Detroit , Orlando , Palm Springs

•Hawaiian Airlines - Honolulu , Kahului.

•Iberia Air - Madrid.

•ITA Airways - Rome–Fiumicino.

•Japan Airlines - Tokyo–Haneda , Tokyo–Narita.

•JetBlue - Boston , Fort Lauderdale , New York–JFK.

•KLM - Amsterdam.

•Korean Air - Seoul–Incheon.

•Level Air - Barcelona.

•Lufthansa - Frankfurt , Munich.

•Philippine Airlines - Manila.

•Porter Airlines - Toronto–Pearson.

•Qantas - Sydney.

•Qatar Airways - Doha.

•Scandinavian Airlines - Copenhagen.

•Singapore Airlines - Singapore.

•Southwest Airlines - Austin, Baltimore, Chicago–Midway, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Nashville, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, San Diego, St. Louis, Dallas–Love.

•Starlux Airlines - Taipei–Taoyuan.

•Sun Country Airlines - Minneapolis.

•Swiss International Air Lines - Zurich.

•TAP Air Portugal - Lisbon

•Turkish airlines - Istanbul

•United airlines - Atlanta , Auckland , Austin , Baltimore , Beijing–Capital , Boise , Boston , Bozeman , Brisbane , Burbank , Calgary , Cancún , Chicago–O’Hare , Cleveland , Columbus–Glenn , Dallas/Fort Worth , Denver , Detroit , Eugene , Fort Lauderdale , Frankfurt , Hong Kong , Honolulu , Houston–Intercontinental , Indianapolis , Kahului , Kailua-Kona , Las Vegas , Lihue , London–Heathrow , Los Angeles , Manila , Medford , Melbourne , Mexico City , Miami , Munich , Nashville , New Orleans , Newark , Ontario , Orange County , Orlando , Osaka–Kansai , Panama City–Tocumen , Papeete , Paris–Charles de Gaulle , Philadelphia , Phoenix–Sky Harbor , Pittsburgh , Portland (OR) , Puerto Vallarta , Raleigh/Durham , Reno/Tahoe , Redmond/Bend , Salt Lake City , San Antonio , San Diego , San Jose (CR) , San Jose del Cabo , Santa Barbara , Seattle/Tacoma , Seoul–Incheon , Shanghai–Pudong , Singapore , St. Louis , Sydney , Taipei–Taoyuan , Tampa , Tokyo–Haneda , Tokyo–Narita , Toronto–Pearson , Vancouver , Washington–Dulles , Washington–National, Adelaide, Amsterdam ,Anchorage , Barcelona ,Belize City , Christchurch , Fort Myers , Jackson Hole , Liberia (CR) , Montreal–Trudeau , Omaha , Palm Springs , Rome–Fiumicino , Zurich.

•United Express - Albuquerque, Bakersfield, Boise, Bozeman, Burbank, Eugene, Eureka, Fresno, Kansas City, Medford, Minneapolis/St. Paul, Monterey, Monterrey, North Bend/Coos Bay, Omaha, Orange County, Palm Springs, Portland (OR), Redding, Redmond/Bend, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Seattle/Tacoma, Spokane, Tri-Cities (WA), Tucson, Aspen, Bishop, Eagle/Vail, Glacier Park/Kalispell, Hayden/Steamboat Springs, Missoula, Montrose, Ontario, Phoenix–Sky Harbor, Sun Valley, Vancouver.

•Vietnam Airlines - Ho Chi Minh City

•Virgin Atlantic - London–Heathrow

•WestJet - Calgary Edmonton ,Vancouver

•Zipair - Tokyo Tokyo-Narita

:world_map: Unique Features or Challenges
The 4 lanes are crossed and taxis are kind of long.

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San Francisco International Airport - Wikipedia