SAN JOSE AIRPORT ASSISTANCE

History San Jose International Airport

In 1939, Ernie Renzel, a wholesale grocery and future mayor of San Jose, led a group that negotiated an option to buy 483 acres (195 ha) of the Stockton Ranch from the Crocker family, to be the site of San Jose's airport.

Renzel led the effort to pass a bond measure to pay for the land in 1940. In 1945, test pilot James M. Nissen and two partners leased about 16 acres (6.5 ha) of this land to build a runway, hangar and office building for a flight school. When the city of San Jose decided to develop a municipal airport, Nissen sold his share of the aviation business and became San Jose's first airport manager. Renzel and Nissen were instrumental in the development of San Jose Municipal Airport over the next few decades, culminating with the 1965 opening of what later became Terminal C.

San Jose's first airline flights were Southwest Airways Douglas DC-3s on the multistop run between San Francisco and Los Angeles, starting in 1948. Southwest changed its name to Pacific Air Lines and was the only airline at the airport until 1966, when Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) started flying Lockheed L-188 Electras nonstop from LAX and Boeing 727-100s later that year. SJC's first airline jets were Pacific Air Lines Boeing 727-100 nonstops to LAX earlier in 1966; Pacific 727s flew nonstop to Las Vegas in 1967. Pacific also flew Fairchild F-27s to SJC, and merged with Bonanza Air Lines and West Coast Airlines to form Air West which was renamed Hughes Air west, continuing at SJC with McDonnell Douglas DC-9-30s before it merged into Republic Airlines (1979–1986). In 1968 United Airlines arrived, with Boeing 727 nonstop from Denver, Chicago and LAX, and Douglas DC-8 nonstop from New York and Baltimore.

Transport San Jose International Airport

By the means of transport attached below, getting to and from San Jose Airport turns to be a piece of cake:

• Bus: Many regular buses and shuttles are at your disposal.
• Taxi: By taxi you can transfer from San Jose Airport to downtown within 13 minutes.
• Train: San Jose Airport is not connected to the railway network – Don’t worry, many options to get to the nearest rail stations are available.
• Car rental: Rent a car through our search engine or to the car rental partners available at any of the two airport terminals.

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