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#Onthisday in 1983, Central Terminal was rededicated as the International Terminal. Constructed between 1951 and 1954, the Central Terminal ushered SFO into the jet age. It served as the International Terminal until the current IT opened in 2000. #SFOHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 13, 2020.
#Onthisday in 2000, the Aviation Museum and Library opened in the International Terminal at SFO. Happy sweet 16th! #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on December 10, 2016.
#Onthisday in 2011, the newly remodeled Terminal 2 opened. Completed in 1954 as the Central Terminal, T2 has gone through many remodels, including this one in the early 1980s that updated the control tower. #SFOHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on April 14, 2020.
#Onthisday in 2011, the newly renovated Terminal 2 opened at SFO. The remodeled terminal opened with fourteen common-use gates, LEED Gold certification, and industry leading amenities, in addition to a renowned collection of public art and a new gallery for us! #SFOhistory This tweet was posted on April 13, 2022.
#Onthisday in 2019, the first flight landed at SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Nine gates opened with Southwest Airlines and JetBlue flights arriving and departing from the new terminal. #SFOHistory #HarveyMilkTerminal1 #HarveyMilkExhibition This tweet was posted on July 23, 2021.
#Onthisday in 2019, the first flight landed at SFO’s new Harvey Milk Terminal 1. Nine gates opened with Southwest Airlines and JetBlue flights arriving and departing from the terminal. Have you been to SFO’s newest terminal? #HarveyMilkTerminal1 #SFOHistory #MuseumFromHome This tweet was posted on July 23, 2020.
#Onthisday last year, SFO's new air traffic control tower was dedicated. #sfohistory #avgeek #sfo This tweet was posted on October 11, 2017.
#United’s McDonnell Douglas DC-10 was the first of the three-engine, or tri-jet, wide-body airliners to arrive at SFO. #avgeek #sfohistory This tweet was posted on August 14, 2017.
@MisterMcPet @OpenSFHistory According to the title block on an architectural drawing in our collection, there is no attribution to an independent architectural firm. This 1936 drawing was signed off by the airport manager and the building was funded under the Federal Public Works Administration. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on September 20, 2022.
A @united Boeing 247 at "San Francisco's Busy Airport, Mills Field," circa 1935. #SFOHistory #TBT This tweet was posted on May 05, 2016.
A barbershop opened at San Francisco International Airport in the 1970s. At the opening ceremony airport Director William J. Dwyer received a haircut from barber Joseph Dias. Do you remember this barber shop at #SFO? #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on October 04, 2018.
A comprehensive master plan for SFO was approved in 1973. #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 08, 2017.
A grand Spanish Colonial Revival-style passenger terminal, complete with a modern four-story control tower, also opened in 1937—crowning the first phase of expansion at @flysfo. #SFOHistory #MillsField This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.
A matching building for the complex airfield lighting system sat adjacent to the hangars, and by the end of the decade, two-way radio communications were required for all aircraft. #MillsField #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on February 24, 2023.
A new administration and terminal building, designed in the Spanish Colonial Revival style, was also completed in 1937. The building included a four-story control tower, restaurant, cocktail lounge, and a grand passenger waiting room with terrazzo floors. #MillsField #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on February 24, 2023.
A new master plan was undertaken in the 1990s to create the Intl Terminal Complex, which opened in 2000. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 14, 2016.
A reported 100k spectators came to Mills Field to watch military airplanes perform precision maneuvers. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on May 12, 2016.
A snapshot of SFO in 1970: telephone banks (remember those?) were staffed to help travelers. #ThrowbackThursday #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on March 16, 2017.
Among the early photos of #SFO is this picture of #United Air Lines' modest ticket counter in the airport's original administrative building. #TheMainLine #ThrowbackThursday #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on November 30, 2017.
As airline travel became more reliable during the 1930s, San Francisco’s airport initiated major improvements to keep pace. By 1937, SFO had paved and widened runways and taxiways to welcome heavier and faster airliners such as the Douglas DC-3. #SFOHistory #MillsField This tweet was posted on November 23, 2021.
As passenger numbers swelled in the 1980s, SFO began upgrading amenities and providing an increasing array of concessions. This 1990 map of SFO shows all amenities available at the time, including our art exhibits and even a video arcade! #avgeek #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 19, 2018.
As the commercial aviation industry grew in the early 1930s, it became apparent that San Francisco Airport needed to enlarge and enhance their passenger facilities. Construction began in 1936 for a new administration building. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on March 16, 2021.
At the opening of SFO's Terminal 1 in 1963, American Airlines celebrated in style! #ThrowbackThursday #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 02, 2016.
Before the AirTrain was completed in 2003, passengers were shuttled around SFO in buses. The buses used to take passengers from the terminals to the parking lots. Do you remember these buses? #SFOHistory #TBT #throwback #bus #buses #museum 2011.032.2396 This tweet was posted on July 18, 2019.
Before the central multi-level parking structure was built in 1965, cars parked in front of the Central Terminal (now T2). #SFOHistory #TBT This tweet was posted on March 02, 2017.
Beyond the view of the passenger hall of the 1937 Administration Building, were a restaurant, beverage room, and kitchen. The first successful restaurant in this building was started by David Rasmussen shortly after the building opened. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on June 08, 2021.
Built in 1954, a spacious restaurant named the International Room provided panoramic views of the airfield at SFO. Located in the Central Terminal (now Terminal 2), it was a popular dining location, even for celebrities like Audie Murphy! #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on January 14, 2021.
Built with a steel frame fastened with nuts & bolts, Hangar No. 1 was constructed for quick disassembly. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on May 19, 2016.
By 1930, weather studies confirmed that Mills Field was the best possible location for an airport, and San Francisco began a ten-year purchasing program with the Mills Estate to acquire 1,112 acres. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on August 30, 2021.
By 1983, the Central Terminal (now Terminal 2) conversion and renaming to International Terminal was completed. #TBT #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on October 12, 2017.
By September 23, 1927, Hangar No. 1 at Mills Field was complete. #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on September 23, 2016.
By the late 1940s, the single terminal at @flySFO was bustling with activity, as seen in this 1948 photo. #SFOHistory #ThrowbackThursday This tweet was posted on May 18, 2017.
City officials signed a three-year lease for 150 acres of cattle-grazing land from Ogden Mills, and less than two months later on May 7, a 5,770-foot-long, dirt-surfaced runway was dedicated at Mills Field Municipal Airport of San Francisco. #AvGeek #MillsField #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on July 25, 2022.
Construction of a new terminal at San Francisco Airport began in 1951. Designed in the International Style, the seven-story building employed an innovative, dual-level layout that separated departures from arrivals. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on February 23, 2022.
Construction of the North Terminal (now Terminal 3) began #onthisday in 1971 with a groundbreaking ceremony that included a water cannon salute performed by airport fire trucks & speeches by Airport Director James Kennedy Carr and Mayor Joseph Alioto. #MuseumFromHome #SFOHistory This tweet was posted on April 22, 2020.
Construction of the North Terminal (now Terminal 3) began #onthisday in 1971 with a groundbreaking ceremony that was attended by various politicians and flight attendants of various airlines. #SFOHistory #avgeek This tweet was posted on April 22, 2018.