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Two years after Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco commenced operations, the airport employed just 16 people. As SFO approaches its 90th birthday, approximately 30,000 people are employed at the airport. #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco, Buckley & Curtin report 1929 SFO Museum Collection 2000.018.081 San Francisco Airport, Administration Building 1931 SFO Museum Collection 2011.032.0111
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