SUSTAINABILITY REPORT Calendar Year 2017
Our Community Strategy is to be a trusted and highly responsive regional agency.
Our Customer Strategy is to achieve the highest level of internal and external customer satisfaction.
Our Employee Strategy is to ensure the highest level of employee committment & performance.
Our Financial Strategy is to enhance the financial position of the Airport Authority.
Our Operational Strategy is to operate the airport in a safe, secure, environmentally sound, effective, and efficient manner.
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority was created on January 1, 2003, as an independent agency to manage the day-to-day operations of San Diego International Airport (SAN) and address the region’s long-term air transportation needs.
The legislation that created the Airport Authority mandates three main responsibilities:
The Airport Authority is governed by an appointed Board of nine voting members with three additional non-voting (ex-officio) members who represent all areas of San Diego County. Three members serve as the Executive Committee. The Board regularly convenes on matters connected to its state-mandated mission.
Several standing committees of the Board hold regular public meetings to address key policy areas and develop items for consideration by the full Board. The committees are:
As of May 1, 2017, Kimberly J. Becker assumed the role of President/CEO and is responsible for management oversight of the Airport Authority, the annual budget and a staff of approximately 400 aviation professionals, nearly all of whom work onsite at SAN on a permanent basis. Former President/CEO Thella F. Bowens retired on March 31, 2017. For the month of April 2017, Vice President of Operations Angela Shafer-Payne served as Interim President/CEO. The Airport Authority Board Chair does not serve as an executive officer within the organization’s management.
During the reporting period, there have been no significant changes regarding the size, structure or ownership of the Airport Authority or SAN.
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We are also committed to positively influencing the broader aviation industry. Airport Authority officials lead and participate in numerous committees and working groups for the Airports Council International – North America, American Association of Airport Executives, and the California Airports Council. Further, we have tried to align our goals and initiatives with others across the industry whenever possible.
Since 1928, SAN has served the air transportation needs of the San Diego region. The airport’s total operation occupies 661 acres just two miles northwest of San Diego’s thriving downtown. Its location on Harbor Drive is roughly bounded by Pacific Highway to the east, Liberty Station to the west, Marine Corps Recruit Depot to the north and San Diego Bay to the south. The airport has a single primary runway, which is 9,401 feet long. On average, approximately 60,000 passengers a day pass through the airport, which accommodates more than 550 daily arrivals and departures, the vast majority of which are for passenger service. The airport’s catchment area includes a large swath of Southern California and extends into northern Mexico.
In 2017, 21 passenger carriers and three cargo carriers served the airport, which had 51 gates for jet aircraft in Terminals 1 and 2. Southwest Airlines, the largest carrier, accounted for nearly 38 percent of the passenger volume.
The airport in 2017 offered nonstop service to 70 destinations, including:
The Airport Authority has consulted the Global Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) guidelines in the production of this report. The index lists the economic, environmental and social criteria that the GRI guidelines suggest, as well as certain specific criteria from the GRI Airport Operators Sector Supplement. The report was developed in accordance with the GRI “Core” standards and covers the Calendar Year 2017 reporting period. However, some information is presented based on fiscal years to align with the relevant data’s native format. SAN releases updated sustainability reports on a yearly basis. Any changes or re-statements from previous reports are noted in the applicable data table. This Sustainability Report has not been externally assured.
The Airport Authority’s boundaries for the purposes of this Sustainability Report encompass the organization’s geographic jurisdiction (San Diego County) as determined by state law, as well as entities over which the Airport Authority exercises control or significant influence, both in and through its relationships with various entities. A summary of these boundaries follows.
The San Diego County Regional Airport Authority exercises control over San Diego International Airport.
The Airport Authority has significant influence over:
For more information on the content of this report, please contact Brendan Reed, Planning and Environmental Affairs Director, breed@san.org.
