
The San Francisco Airport Commission approved a resolution to rename the International Terminal at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) for the late Senator and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein, who died in September.
Feinstein was a big supporter of the airport. She advocated for the construction of the airport’s first International Terminal, which opened in 1983 and played a major role in making sure BART, the Bay Area Rapid Transit service, was extended to SFO.
It’s Official!
— San Francisco International Airport (SFO) ✈️ (@flySFO) January 16, 2024
SFO is proud to announce that the International Terminal will be named for the late Senator and former San Francisco Mayor Dianne Feinstein. As Mayor and Senator, she was committed to making SFO a world-class facility.(Photo: at a 1980 event for Eastern Air Lines) pic.twitter.com/4Fd0lnif46
While we’re at SFO
The SFO Museum shared this image of a model airplane to mark the anniversary of the first Pan American Airways scheduled flight, which took off on January 16, 1928 from Key West, Florida, to Havana, Cuba.
The museum notes that the eight-passenger plane made the 90-mile trip in just under 90 minutes and that the fare was 50, or about $887 in today’s dollars.
model airplane: Pan American Airways, Fokker F.VllA-3m General Machado; 1980
— SFO Museum (@SFOMuseum) January 17, 2024
Gift of Jim Lund
2014.173.001https://t.co/fffQKoLkD6#PAA #PanAm #AvGeek