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San Diego
International Airport Receives $2 Million Grant From The FAA By Mike Mitchell |
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October 22, 2011 - The Federal Aviation Administration
(FAA) has awarded a $2 million grant to San Diego
International Airport to reduce the use of conventional
fuels at the airport to improve air quality.
“We are committed to helping airports around the country
make the necessary infrastructure investments that will
reduce fuel costs and help protect the environment,”
said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood. The grant
through the FAA’s Voluntary Airport Low Emission (VALE)
program is part of a major airport improvement project
at San Diego International Airport called “The Green
Build.”
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“The FAA encourages
airlines and airports to find creative ways to reduce aviation’s
impact on the environment,” said FAA Administrator Randy
Babbitt. “We applaud all
ofSan Diego’s efforts to make the airport an environmentally
conscious member of the community.”
San Diego
International Airport (IATA: SAN, ICAO: KSAN, FAA LID: SAN),
sometimes referred to as Lindbergh Field, is a public airport
located 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of the central business district
of San Diego, California and 20 mi (32 km) from the Mexico –
United States border at Tijuana, Mexico. It is operated by the
San Diego County Regional Airport Authority.
San Diego International is the busiest single-runway commercial service airport in the United States, and second in the world after London Gatwick, with approximately 600 departures and arrivals carrying 50,000 passengers each day, and a total of 18.3 million passengers in 2007.
San Diego
is the largest metropolitan area of the United States which does
not serve as a hub nor secondary hub for any airline, however
the airport is a focus city for Southwest Airlines, who is the
largest operator. |