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Sacramento Intl

A Journey Through Time

1967 — 2011

1960s
1967

The airport opened on 21 October 1967 as Sacramento Metropolitan Airport.

1980s
1987

The east runway opened in 1987, two years after a second air cargo facility.

1990s
1998

Terminal A and a consolidated rental car facility opened in 1998. With the new terminal, the airport took the name Sacramento International Airport.

2000s
2002

International flights finally arrived in 2002, when Mexicana started nonstop service to Guadalajara, four years after the airport adopted its international name.

2010s
2011

The new Terminal B opened on 6 October 2011. It was the largest airport terminal in the United States to achieve LEED Silver status.

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