San Bernardino International Airport
San Bernardino International Airport | |||||||||||
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Airport type | Public | ||||||||||
Owner | San Bernardino International Airport Authority (SBIAA) | ||||||||||
Operator | SBIAA | ||||||||||
Serves | San Bernardino / Inland Empire | ||||||||||
Location | San Bernardino, California, United States | ||||||||||
Hub for | Amazon Air[1] | ||||||||||
Elevation AMSL | 1,159 ft / 353 m | ||||||||||
Coordinates | 34°05′43″N 117°14′06″W / 34.095278°N 117.235°WCoordinates: 34°05′43″N 117°14′06″W / 34.095278°N 117.235°W | ||||||||||
Website | sbdairport | ||||||||||
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San Bernardino International Airport (IATA: SBD, ICAO: KSBD, FAA LID: SBD, initialism: SBIA) is a public airport two miles (3 km) southeast of San Bernardino, California, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The airport covers 1,329 acres (538 ha) and has one runway.[3] The facility is a general aviation and cargo airport on the site of Norton Air Force Base, which was built as the San Bernardino Air Depot in 1942 and was decommissioned in March 1994. A non-federal control tower (NFCT) opened on November 9, 2008 and is operated under contract by SERCO company personnel.
Norton Air Force Base[]
The air base opened shortly after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Norton was placed on the Department of Defense's base closure list in 1989 (the same year that the DoD signed the Federal Facilities Agreement with the EPA).
The closure was cited as due to environmental wastes, inadequate facilities, and air traffic congestion. The last of the base facilities closed in 1995.
Status[]
Most parts of San Bernardino International Airport were completed in 2011, but a customs facility is still under construction. San Bernardino International Airport was built to conform to aviation-demand modeling and allocations performed as part of the 2008 Regional Transportation Plan (R.T.P.) of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the Metropolitan Planning Organization for San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Imperial, and Orange counties.
The 2008 R.T.P. projected 9.4 million passengers and 1.29 million tons of air cargo at San Bernardino International Airport in 2035 with improved ground access provided, in part, by high-speed rail. The California High-Speed Rail Authority is currently performing alternatives analysis regarding the Los Angeles-to-San Diego segment, which includes, along the I-215 alignment, an optional station location at Rialto Avenue and E Street in the city of San Bernardino. The 2008 R.T.P states, "The high speed, reliability, and predictability of high-speed airport access will be needed to overcome mounting and increasingly unpredictable traffic congestion (on area freeways)."
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are available on call to clear imported goods. The airport is used as a base for United States Forest Service planes fighting forest fires. Several hangars that were formerly empty have recently been occupied by civilian-owned aircraft maintenance companies. The runway is 10,000 feet (3,000 m) long, easily accommodating air cargo aircraft.
The airport and some of the surrounding area is within the city of San Bernardino and the Inland Valley Development Agency. The surrounding areas are being redeveloped by Hillwood.
The airport was the filming location for the 1995 movie Executive Decision, the 2001 movie The Fast and the Furious and the 2004 Martin Scorsese film The Aviator using a Lockheed Constellation preserved by the Airline History Museum, and flown in for the shoot, with one hangar "dressed" as a Trans World Airlines facility.[4][5]
Airlines and destinations[]
Cargo[]
Airlines | Destinations |
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ABX Air | Allentown, Denver |
Amazon Air | Hartford, Kansas City, New York–JFK, Seattle-Tacoma, St. Louis |
FedEx Express | Colorado Springs, Memphis, Wichita |
UPS Airlines | Chicago/Rockford, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Honolulu, Louisville, Ontario, Portland (OR) Seasonal: Kahului |
Passenger terminal[]
San Bernardino's terminal can accommodate domestic and international airline service.[6] Volaris, a Mexican low-cost airline, announced the beginning of flights to Guadalajara, Mexico in November 2017. So far, flights have not begun.[7]
Location[]
The airport is about two miles east of downtown San Bernardino and 14 miles northeast of downtown Riverside. It is six miles northwest of downtown Redlands, on the outskirts of Highland. Motorists can use the San Bernardino Freeway (Interstate 10), Barstow-Downtown San Bernardino-Riverside Freeway (Interstate 215), or the Foothill Freeway (State Route 210). It is also served by Omnitrans Route 8 and, indirectly, by the San Bernardino Line and the Inland Empire-Orange County Line of the Metrolink regional rail service.
San Bernardino County grand jury and FBI investigations[]
An audit completed June 2011 at the request of a grand jury investigation found examples of potential mismanagement and financial irregularities.[8] In September 2011, as part of a special joint corruption task force, the FBI raided the offices of the airport and the home of airport developer Scot Spencer to secure internal documents.[9] In late September 2011, Don Rogers, the Director of the SBIA Authority (SBIAA) resigned.[10] The grand jury report questioned a relationship between Rogers and Spencer, including a settlement of a legal claim by companies owned by Spencer against the SBIAA for almost $1 million without ascertaining whether Spencer's companies suffered damages equivalent to such an amount.
References[]
- ^ https://www.sbsun.com/2021/04/28/amazon-begins-operations-at-san-bernardino-airport-hub/
- ^ https://www.highlandnews.net/business/during-pandemic-airport-records-decline-in-flights/article_e78467e2-672c-11eb-802f-2f787e5e324f.html
- ^ Jump up to: a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for SBD PDF, effective March 30, 2017
- ^ Larry Denning; Dave Albright. "Connie at the Movies". Airline History Museum. Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2013.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- ^ "Picture of the Lockheed L-1049H/01 Super Constellation aircraft". Airliners.net. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
- ^ "Passenger Services". San Bernardino International Airport. Retrieved April 3, 2017.
- ^ "Volaris - Select your flight - San Bernardino to Guadalajara" (Web). Volaris. Retrieved April 2, 2017.
- ^ Grand Jury. "2011-2012 Final Report" (PDF). County of San Bernardino. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
- ^ Willon, Phil (September 21, 2011). "FBI raids San Bernardino airport agency as part of investigation". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
- ^ Dulaney, Josh (28 September 2011). "San Bernardino airport director resigns". The San Bernardino Sun. Retrieved 11 April 2013.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to San Bernardino International Airport. |
- Official website
- FAA Airport Form 5010 for SBD PDF
- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective September 9, 2021
- Resources for this airport:
- FAA airport information for SBD
- AirNav airport information for KSBD
- ASN accident history for SBD
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart, Terminal Procedures
- Airports in San Bernardino County, California