San Diego International Airport SAN, also known as Lindbergh Field, is a public airport located 3 mi northwest of the central business district of San Diego, California and 15 mi from the Mexico – United States border at Tijuana, Mexico. It is operated by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.
San Diego International is the second busiest single-runway commercial service airport in the world, with approximately 550 departures and arrivals carrying 50,000 passengers each day, and a total of 16,890,722 passengers in 2011. San Diego is the largest metropolitan area of the United States that serves as neither a hub nor a secondary hub for any airline; however, the airport is a focus city for Southwest Airlines.
The top five airlines in terms of market share for 2011 were Southwest Airlines (38.45%), United Airlines (15.3%), Delta Air Lines (10.9%), American Airlines (7.9%) and Alaska Airlines (6.5%).
The airport has service to destinations in the United States, as well as Canada, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Japan.