The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority’s Airport Development Plan (ADP) envisions the replacement of the aging and outdated Terminal 1 and related improvements to San Diego International Airport (SAN). This is your airport and our goal is to ensure it can continue to provide a first-class customer experience for decades to come.The planning process has been a collaborative experience with regional partner agencies, stakeholders and the greater San Diego community as efforts are made to identify improvements that work for everyone. SAN exists to bring people together. We connect businesses on a global scale, and we connect families whether they live upstate, across the nation or around the world.RECORD GROWTHThe need for the ADP has been fueled by the tremendous growth seen in passenger volumes over the last several years. In fact, SAN is the busiest single-runway commercial airport in the nation today.The airport served 24 million passengers in 2018, a record-high and nearly 10% increase over 2017. This includes more than 1 million international passengers – which is a 19 percent increase over 2017 -- also a record for the airport.The airport has broken the record for passenger numbers for five consecutive years. Typical passenger growth at SAN is about 2% a year on average, but SAN has far exceeded that in recent years. The impacts of this growth are most evident in Terminal 1, which everyone agrees needs to be replaced with a more modern and efficient facility. A new Terminal 1 will help provide a comfortable, convenient and efficient travel experience for passengers, while being more energy-efficient. It will also ensure that SAN can continue to help sustain and grow the regional economy by: »Serving as an attractive gateway to facilitate commerce »Enhancing the visitor experience »Improving transportation and transit options for passengers, the 9,400 people who work at SAN, as well as those who live and work around the airport »Creating a better experience for San Diegans flying out of SAN »Ensuring the airport practices sustainability. For example, providing a series of improvements that conserve energy and water while lowering carbon emissions, and also providing financial and economic stability through a nimble plan of finance, and, finally, being a responsive community partner and job provider.32SAN generates about $12 billion in economic impact for the region annually. It is one of the nation’s “Core 30” airports – which refers to airports in major metropolitan areas with the highest volume of passengers.The airport has achieved this status despite the constraints of having only a single runway. The runway, not the terminals, determines the airport’s ultimate capacity.Air passenger growth will continue to grow regardless of whether Terminal 1 is replaced. The FAA and the marketplace dictate how many airplanes can take off and land. However, a new Terminal 1 will ensure that the airport can provide a better experience for passengers as their numbers increase. The airlines serving SAN agree, and have already negotiated new airline lease agreements to financially support the ADP. ENVISIONING A MODERN, EFFICIENT TERMINAL 1When Terminal 1 opened in 1967, it served 2.5 million passengers that year. In 2018, the same facility served more than 12 million.Its design is dated, inefficient for passengers and is inefficient in its energy consumption. The new Terminal 1 would be a more modern and efficient facility with up to 30 gates – 11 more than the existing Terminal 1. It would offer more gate-a