page_title: San Diego International Airport
section_title: Terminals
hierarchical_section_title: San Diego International Airport / Terminals
caption_attribution_description: English: San Diego International Airport (IATA: SAN, ICAO: KSAN) Terminal 2 in San Diego, California. Ground level view of the arrival level looking northwest.
context_page_description: San Diego International Airport, formerly known as Lindbergh Field, is an international airport 3 mi northwest of Downtown San Diego, California, United States. It is owned and operated by the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority. San Diego International Airport covers 663 acres of land.
  In 2019, traffic at San Diego International exceeded 25 million passengers, of which more than one million were international passengers. While primarily serving domestic traffic, San Diego has nonstop international flights to destinations in Canada, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom.
  San Diego is a focus city for Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines. The top five carriers in San Diego as of January 2020 are Southwest Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, and American Airlines.
  San Diego International is the busiest single runway airport in the United States and third-busiest single runway in the world, behind Mumbai Airport and London Gatwick.
context_section_description: San Diego International Airport has two terminals:
  Terminal 1
  Terminal 1 has two concourses: East and West, and has 19 gates, numbered 1A and 1–18. Terminal 1 East is currently used by Southwest. Terminal 1 West was previously used by Alaska and Frontier. However, in 2019, Alaska moved to Terminal 2 East. Currently, Terminal 1 West is served by Low Cost Carriers, including Southwest, Spirit, and Frontier.
  Terminal 2
  Terminal 2 at SAN has two concourses: East and West, and has 32 gates, numbered 20-51. Terminal 2 East is currently served by American and Alaska, while United, Delta, and all international carriers that fly out of San Diego operate at Terminal 2 West. All international arrivals are handled in the new immigration facilities in Terminal 2 West gates 45-51. Before these facilities were built, international flights arrived at Terminal 2 East gates 20 and 21. At this time, low cost carriers that currently operate out of Terminal 1 West operated out of Terminal 2 West.
  Commuter Terminal (former)
  The Commuter Terminal was used for commuter flights to Los Angeles. It had four gates, numbered 1–4. The last flight to use the Commuter Terminal was American Eagle flight #2883, which departed on the evening of June 3, 2015. The last flight of the night from LAX (which would in turn be the first flight on June 4, 2015) docked at Terminal 1. Since then, flights to Los Angeles have departed from Terminal 2. Today, the Commuter Terminal houses the administrative offices of the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.
caption: Curbside pickup at Terminal 2 East for arriving flights c. 2018
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