Less than one year later (on November 17,1932), San Francisco voters approved a $260,000 bond to further develop the airport. Late that year the administration of the airport was placed under the Public Utilities Commission. On June 9, 1931, Mills Field was renamed San Francisco Municipal Airport. Concurrently, Century Pacific began service with its single Fokker trimotor airplane. In 1930, key leaders of San Francisco determined that air travel would grow, so they purchased an additional 1,112 acres from the Mills estate for $1.05 million.īoth Western Air Express and Maddox Air Lines utilized Mills Field for a time, but then relocated across the bay to Oakland. (Photo: Seattle Museum of History & Industry//digital/collection) Later, the company landed a Boeing Model 40, the first airliner to use Mills Field.Ī Boeing Model 40. The airport’s first tenant was the new Boeing Air Transport company, which later became United Airlines.
Shortly thereafter, the first aircraft hangar was built at Mills Field, followed by three more hangars in 1928. Louis, as part of his national tour following his historic flight (the first across the Atlantic Ocean). In September 1927, Charles Lindbergh visited Mills Field with his famous airplane, The Spirit of St. During its first month, 19 aircraft, carrying 19 passengers, landed at the airport. Airport operations officially began on June 6, 1927.
When it was dedicated, it consisted of a runway less than 4,600 feet long and an unfinished terminal that was 88 feet by 34 feet. The airport was originally intended to be a temporary facility. Treasury under President Herbert Hoover. At one time, Mills’ father was the richest man in California. House of Representatives from New York and would serve as Secretary of the U.S. Mills, who had served three terms as a member of the U.S. The city and county of San Francisco leased the property for $1,500 per year from Ogden L. Mills Field was built on a 150-acre cow pasture located 13 miles south of downtown San Francisco. (Photo: SFO Airport: Aviation Museum & Library Collection) San Francisco’s Mills Field Municipal Airport in 1928.
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