Six airports in the enormous Greater Los Angeles have scheduled passenger operations. They include Long Beach (IATA code LGB), which was where McDonald Douglas aircraft were manufactured. Today, LGB is well-known for its noise and slot restrictions. In 2025, the airport’s statistics shows that 3.82 million passengers were welcomed, which was the third-highest result on […]
September 28, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
California has more available seats than any other US state. Cirium schedule data shows that 32 airports in the Golden State have scheduled passenger service, which, of course, includes San Diego (SAN). In the second of 2026 (July-December), Cirium data shows that SAN has 19.10 million two-way seats. Compared to the same six months in […]
September 9, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Ontario is one of a handful of airports with scheduled passenger flights in the expansive and highly populated Los Angeles Basin. In 2025, Ontario welcomed 7.12 million passengers, which was its highest volume since 2007 and its third-best result in 33 years. Its throughput smashed what was achieved before the pandemic in 2019. In January […]
February 23, 2026 | Airports, Asia Pacific, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Hollywood Burbank Airport – or just Burbank – has welcomed two new airlines so far this year. On 5 February, Breeze Airways made its debut, flying from Provo. On 12 February, Allegiant appeared, initially from Provo and Bellingham. Both carriers have more routes starting soon. In 2025, Burbank welcomed 6.29 million passengers, which was down […]
California has 30+ airports with scheduled flights. According to Cirium data, Orange County/Santa Ana is the fifth-busiest airport in the state and the 44th-busiest facility nationwide. The LA Basin airport has 3.36 million departing seats in the first half of 2026 (January-June). Capacity is down marginally year-over-year, but it is 8% above what was available […]
January 19, 2026 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Some 39 US airports have passenger flights to Europe. According to Cirium’s schedule information for the first half of 2026, they have 23.2 million one-way seats. Capacity has risen by 2% year-over-year. San Francisco remains the ninth-busiest US airport for European activity. SFO’s European capacity has risen by 3.5% in the past year, more than […]
December 2, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Air Service One had the chance to talk with Oakland Airport’s, Craig Simon, Director of Aviation, Stephanie Dominquez Walton, Port of Oakland Commissioner and John Albrecht, Aviation Marketing Manager recently as they visited Routes Europe in Seville to discuss how the airport, who is operated by the Port of Oakland has focused on the Mexican […]
May 20, 2025 | Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Located close to the Mexican border, San Diego had 25.24 million passengers in 2024, marginally surpassing its prior record held in 2019. The airport’s own 2024 data shows that 96% of the traffic was domestic. Even though international had just 4%, it still exceeded one million passengers. San Diego gain two new carriers in 2025 […]
March 12, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Sacramento is California’s fourth-busiest airport, behind Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego. As shown in the image, it welcomed about 13 million passengers in 2023. Between January and November 2024, it had almost 12.5 million passengers. Compared to the same 11 months in 2023, traffic rose by 5% and 4% compared to 2019. This […]
January 27, 2025 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Burbank is one of 32 Californian airports with scheduled passenger flights. According to the airport’s statistics, it had just over six million passengers in 2023, surpassing its previous record, held in 2019, by less than 1%. It was the country’s 55th busiest airport and California’s eighth busiest facility. In November 2024, the LA Basin airport […]
December 2, 2024 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
The LA Basin to San Francisco Bay air market is enormous. According to the US DOT, it had 9.4 million two-way passengers in 2023, equivalent to passengers daily each way of 12,877. While most passengers were local, the number also includes those who transited to other flights. If using a car, the drive between the […]
April 17, 2024 | Airlines, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story
Oakland is a busy airport serving the highly populous and vibrant San Francisco Bay area. It welcomed nearly 7.5 million passengers in the first eight months of 2023, according to the airport’s own statistics. While that was down by about 16% versus the same period in 2019, it was up by only 3% versus 2022 because […]
October 23, 2023 | Airlines, Airports, News & Analysis, North America, Top Story