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Old timetables of United (I'm looking at 1935) have airplanes going both to Mills Field and Oakland, so this statement from the article would seem to be incorrect: "After the war, United Airlines took up residence at SFO." -- From the 1935 timetable "All United Air Lines planes in Coast-to-Coast and Coastwise service arrive and depart from both San Francisco (Mills Field) and Oakland Municipal Airports, thus eliminating cross Bay ferry trip." JoeD80 (talk) 21:51, 28 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

The Airport's zip code is officially considered to be 94128 as stated on their website. Therefore, the airport should be classified as within the city and county of San Francisco, CA and NOT unincorporated San Mateo county. Windows live local also states that the Airport is WITHIN and INSIDE the city limits on San Francisco. Also, city-data.com states that the zip code 94128 is NOT considered to be unincorporated San Mateo county. Therefore information on the article about the location of the airport has been INCORRECT this entire time. Please advise on correcting the article by revising the location, thank you.

City data link: http://www.city-data.com/zips/94128.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.37.152.220 (talk) 00:22, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I refer you to here and here. —kurykh 01:00, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I also refer you to here, written by the City and County of San Francisco, who should be more authoritative on this matter than city-data.com. —kurykh 01:04, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

See also here, by the United States Geological Survey. —kurykh 01:07, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• The airport is indeed within unincorporated San Mateo County. The airport is owned and operated by the City and County of San Francisco. The boundaries of California's counties are defined in the California Government Code. The airport is located in San Mateo County, see http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=gov&group=23001-24000&file=23100-23158 and look for section 23138. The California Revenue and Taxation Code specifies that sales tax on jet fuel at SFO is split between the counties of San Francisco (the owner of the airport) and San Mateo (the county which the airport is located in). See http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/displaycode?section=rtc&group=07001-08000&file=7200-7212 and look for section 7204.03. Ikluft (talk) 01:35, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]
• Also, in addition to the above, note that zip codes and post office names have nothing to do with city or county boundaries and are assigned for the convenience of the Postal Service. There are many, many cases where a post office name and zip code do not correspond to the "correct" jurisdiction: one example is the community of Kensington, California, an unincorporated census-designated place in Contra Costa County. It uses the postal designation "Berkeley, CA 94708" but Berkeley (and the rest of 94708) are in Alameda County. --MCB (talk) 02:14, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• I simply ask then, why according to USGS topographic maps of the airport, does it say that the airport lies in San Francisco City and County, not in San Mateo? Map source - [www.TopoZone.com] -Check-Six

You mean to tell me that the USGS themselves are "simply just plain wrong?" —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.37.152.220 (talk) 06:55, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

No, because you're not even using the official USGS maps. TopoZone is not USGS. If you actually read the evidence above, I linked to you the USGS website already, which clearly states that it is in San Mateo County. —kurykh 07:08, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

• How can you explain this: http://maps.live.com/default.aspx?v=2&cp=37.618889~-122.375&style=r&lvl=14&sp=Point.37.618889_-122.375_San_Francisco_International_Airport___

The airport is clearly labeled SF from this link. How can this be explained? Also, I mean no disrespect when arguing against registered users here. I am only 21 years of age after all, but I carefully monitor city jurisdictions of many areas in California with precision. And I will continue to remain firm with my beliefs about the city jurisdiction of this airport until I am fully convinced otherwise. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.37.152.220 (talk) 08:57, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

You keep using private websites. We're using official government sources, from all levels of government and the airport itself. Are you now saying that Microsoft and other private websites are more authoritative than the government on government's own administrative boundaries? —kurykh 16:31, 24 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

When did Jet Airways announced that they are ending its SFO-PVG-BOM flight? I still found flights after that date on their website. Cashier freak (talk) 05:13, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I have not seen any announcement of dropping the SFO route, and I also checked their web site, Google news, and the most authoritative site on route plans, ATW Daily News Online [1]. There was no confirmation of dropping the route, so I removed "ends January 15". --MCB (talk) 05:44, 10 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Is United still planning on flying to CAN? They have delayed the flight for 1 year due to the rising of oil prices so i am not seure we should removed CAN from the list or leave it as Guangzhou [begins June 2009]? Cashier freak (talk) 04:42, 16 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What's with the tables, every airport has it now. I know it is accepted by wikipedia, but personally, I think the old way looked better and seemed a bit more organized. I could be mistaken though. Any thoughts would be appreciated. RK-SFO November 11, 2008