San Antonio International Airport is an international airport in San Antonio, Texas and the main airport in San Antonio. The airport mainly facilitates domestic flights from within the US but also has international flights flying from various Mexican cities.
There are currently no commercial airlines that use the airport as a hub.
The airport was opened in 1942 and was used as an army training base for the US army. The airport opened to the public at the end of World War II, with the first commercial flight following shortly after.
The airport has undergone a number of expansions in its time, with the opening of two new terminals being the main expansions (one now demolished).
In 2018, there were talks that a new airport was to be built in San Antonio, which would replace San Antonio International Airport. However, the idea was discarded and officials have instead decided to use the money to expand and renovate the existing San Antonio International Airport, with a new, third terminal set to be built.
San Antonio International Airport is located in Uptown Central San Antonio. It can take between 15–35 minutes to drive from San Antonio International to downtown San Antonio, depending on the time of day you're travelling.
There's an array of facilities and services at San Antonio International, ensuring that you'll have everything you need before your flight.
The airport has three runways — two 2,500m+ runways used for scheduled flights and a smaller one used for charter and general aviation.
The two runways used for scheduled flights are runway 4/22 (2,592m in length) and 13R/31L (2,591 in length). The runways used for charter and general aviation is runway 13L/31R.
With the airport's master expansion plan. it plans to build another large runway that will be used to help facilitate extra scheduled passenger traffic.
There are currently two terminals at San Antonio International Airport — Terminal A and Terminal B.
The terminals used to be named Terminal 1 (now Terminal A) and Terminal 2 (now demolished). The airport's old Terminal 2 was demolished in 2011 after the new and existing Terminal B was built. When Terminal A opened, the existing Terminal 1 was renamed Terminal A, as to give consistency to the terminal names.
There are plans to build a third terminal, Terminal C, in the airport's master expansion plan.
Opened in 1975, Terminal A, formerly Terminal 1, is the older and larger terminal of the two terminals at the airport. More than half of the airlines that fly to San Antonio International operate out of this terminal.
Terminal B opened in 2010 and is the smaller terminal of the two terminals at San Antonio International. Terminal B is home to both (and all) of the airport's lounges.
San Antonio International Airport is primarily served by the following airlines:
Parking and car rental are available at San Antonio International Airport.nThe airport can be reached from Interstate 410 or off highway 281.
The VIA Metropolitan Transit route 5 is a city bus service that regularly travels between downtown San Antonio and San Antonio International Airport.
Flagging down taxis isn't common in San Antonio. There aren't taxi stands in the street, however, many taxis congregate in touristic areas. Alternatively, you can get the person(s) in charge of your accommodation to order you a taxi, or order the taxi yourself from one of the taxi companies listed on the SAT official website:
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