San Francisco International Airport is the main airport of the San Francisco Bay Area, located on the western shore of San Francisco Bay, south of the city. It was opened in 1927 as Mills Field Municipal Airport on land that had been farmland, and the first scheduled flights were soon operating from there. In the decades that followed the airport was repeatedly expanded and reclaimed more land from the bay, and it became a major hub for United Airlines and for flights across the Pacific. A large international terminal opened in 2000. It is known for its extensive collection of public art and its museum, and it is one of the busiest airports in the United States.
Before and after
- 20 February 1927Birth of Sidney Poitier
- 6 March 1927Birth of Gabriel García Márquez
- 12 April 1927Shanghai massacre of 1927
- 16 April 1927Birth of Benedict XVI
- 7 May 1927Construction of San Francisco International Airport
- 21 May 1927Lindbergh flies the Atlantic alone
- 7 June 1927Founding of AS Roma
- from 1 August 1927 to 1 May 1950Chinese Civil War
- 9 August 1927Founding of Mexico men's national football team
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1918Shche ne vmerla Ukrainy i slava, i volia
- 1920Christ the Redeemer
- 18 July 1925Publication of Mein Kampf
- 1932Rise of socialist realism
- c. 1940sRise of abstract expressionism
- 15 January 1943Construction of The Pentagon
The era
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