San Diego is the largest metropolitan area in the United States and the traffic at San Diego International Airport exceeds 20 million passengers, serving more than 500 scheduled operations carrying about 50,000 passengers each day.
San Diego International Airport took birth 90 years ago, named after Charles Lindbergh, who flight tested the Spirit of St. Louis before his historic 1927 transatlantic flight, the first-ever solo non-stop transatlantic flight from New York to Paris. The airport is owned and operated by San Diego County regional airport authority.