This innovation streamlined bus operations to reduce congestion at the terminal and improve air quality while enhancing customer service. The consolidated rental car terminal was the first of its kind in the nation and gave all rental car customers a single point of access that could be reached on a single shuttle. In 1998, the consolidated rental car facility and Terminal A (designed by Dreyfuss & Blackford Architects) opened.
America West Airlines, Continental Airlines, Morris Air, Northwest Airlines and American Eagle Airlines joined the original carriers at Sacramento Metropolitan Airport during this time. The east runway's opening was celebrated by the landing of a Concorde SST. In the 1980s, SMF added: the in-flight catering facility (1980), an FAA Flight Inspection Field Office (1985), a second air cargo facility (1985) and the east runway (1987). The airport initially had five airlines: Pacific Air Lines, Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA), United Airlines, Western Airlines and West Coast Airlines. No local, state or federal tax funds are used for operating costs. All airports under the Sacramento County Airport System (previously the Sacramento County Department of Airports), including SMF, are self-supporting through user fees and rentals. Sacramento Metropolitan was the first purpose-built public-use airport west of the Mississippi when it opened in 1967. Previously, air service to Sacramento was handled by Sacramento Municipal Airport (SAC), now known as Sacramento Executive Airport. The initial runway was on the west side of the airfield and is now named to the headings of 17R/35L.
Sacramento International Airport (SMF) opened on October 21, 1967, as Sacramento Metropolitan Airport (the airfield itself was Sacramento Metropolitan Field), with one 8600-foot runway. The airport is also a gateway to some attractions and adventures in Northern and Central California such as Heavenly Mountain Resort, Lake Tahoe, Yosemite National Park, Old Sacramento State Historic Park history of gold rush, underground tunnels, floods, and fire, etc., Wine Country, Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area, Cosumnes River Preserve, Hawver Cave, Sutter's Mill and Marshall Gold Discovery State Historic Park and Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta. The airport is the main gateway to the California State Capitol. It serves the Sacramento Metropolitan Area, and it is run by the Sacramento County Airport System. Sacramento International Airport ( IATA: SMF, ICAO: KSMF, FAA LID: SMF) is located in Sacramento, 10.5 miles (16.9 km) northwest of Downtown Sacramento in Sacramento County, California, United States and covers 6,000 acres (2,400 ha).
0 kommentar(er)
