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Following WWII, commercial air traffic grew in importance and in scale. By the late 1940s, SFO determined that traffic would outgrow the capacity of their existing terminal, shown here, bustling with activity. Plans commenced for the Central Terminal (now Terminal 2), which opened in 1954. Image: San Francisco Airport, passenger waiting room, c. 1948. SFO Museum Collection. 2011.032.0347 This image was posted on May 18, 2017.