San Bernardino International Airport
San Bernardino International Airport
San Bernardino International Airport (IATA: SBD, ICAO: KSBD, FAA LID: SBD) is a public airport two miles (3.2 km) southeast of downtown San Bernardino, California, in San Bernardino County, California, United States. The airport covers 1,329 acres (538 ha) and has one runway that can accommodate the largest existing aircraft, including the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 747. The facility is a commercial, general aviation, and cargo airport on the site of the former San Bernardino Municipal Airport, which was converted during World War II into the San Bernardino Air Depot in 1942 and which was subsequently renamed "Norton Air Force Base", before being decommissioned with the fall of the Soviet Union. San Bernardino International Airport encompasses three passenger terminals: a domestic terminal served by Breeze Airways, an international terminal with U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility, and the Luxivair SBD executive terminal, an airport-owned fixed-base operator.
Location
34.097°N, 117.237°O · 353 m s. n. m. (1.159 ft)
General data
Runways · 1
Lengths and surfaces from the public OurAirports register; open runways only.
Radio frequencies · 5 Official publication
Tower
Ground
ATIS (automatic information)
Approach
UNICOM
Frequencies from the official publication: FAA NASR, AIRAC 01 OCT 2026, checked on Oct 16, 2026. They change with each amendment: not for navigation without checking the current AIP. See the official publication In MHz.
History
Norton Air Force Base opened shortly after the attacks on Pearl Harbor. Norton was placed on the Department of Defense's base closure list in 1989.
Most parts of San Bernardino International Airport were completed in 2011, though a customs facility was still under construction. San Bernardino International Airport was built to conform to aviation-demand modeling and allocations performed as part of the 2008 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) of the Southern California Association of Governments (SCAG), the Metropolitan Planning Organization for San Bernardino, Los Angeles, Riverside, Ventura, Imperial, and Orange counties.
The RTP projected 9.4 million passengers and 1.29 million tons of air cargo at San Bernardino International Airport in 2035 with improved ground access provided, in part, by high-speed rail. The California High-Speed Rail Authority is currently performing alternatives analysis regarding the Los Angeles-to-San Diego segment, which includes, along the I-215 alignment, an optional station location at Rialto Avenue and E Street in the city of San Bernardino.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents are available on call to clear imported goods. The airport is used as a base for United States Forest Service planes fighting forest fires. The runway is 10,000 feet (3,000 m) long, easily accommodating all commercial aircraft.
San Bernardino County grand jury and FBI investigations
An audit completed June 2011 at the request of a grand jury investigation found examples of potential mismanagement and financial irregularities. In September 2011, as part of a special joint corruption task force, the FBI raided the offices of the airport and the home of airport developer Scot Spencer to secure internal documents. In late September 2011, Don Rogers, the Director of the SBIA Authority (SBIAA) resigned.
Launch of commercial passenger service
San Bernardino International Airport encompasses three passenger terminals: a domestic terminal served by Breeze Airways, an international terminal with a U.S. Customs and Border Protection processing facility, and the Luxivair SBD executive terminal, an airport-owned fixed-base operator.
In April 2017, Volaris, a Mexican low-cost airline, announced the beginning of flights to Guadalajara, Mexico, for launch on June 29, 2017. However, these plans were later postponed to November 2017, before being cancelled altogether. In March 2022, Breeze Airways first announced plans to operate passenger service at the airport with flights to San Francisco. Scheduled passenger service finally began on August 4, 2022, when Breeze became the first commercial airline to operate passenger flights in and out of SBD's never-used domestic air terminal.
Airlines operating here · 1
Other airlines with direct routes
Airlines with current passenger routes from here, according to Wikipedia route tables cross-checked from both ends (October 2026).
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APA
Vuelopedia. (2026, October 16). San Bernardino International Airport (SBD). Retrieved October 24, 2026, from https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SBD
MLA
“San Bernardino International Airport (SBD).” Vuelopedia, Fundación Poderia, 16 Oct. 2026, vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SBD. Accessed 24 Oct. 2026.
Chicago
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Harvard
Vuelopedia (2026) San Bernardino International Airport (SBD). Available at: https://vuelopedia.org/en/airport/SBD (Accessed: 24 October 2026).
BibTeX
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title = {{San Bernardino International Airport (SBD)}},
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date = {2026-10-16},
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urldate = {2026-10-24},
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