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Ghost Terminal Travel: SFO's "New" Terminal 2

5/14/2008 at 11:05 AM
Tags: Airports, SFO, STL (all tags)

Terminal 2 at San Francisco International, which was closed in 2000, will re-open by 2010. It will host domestic flights from Virgin America and both JetBlue and Southwest may also move in, making it a veritable LCC battleground.

Aside from generally modernizing T2, which opened in 1954, SFO will add four gates to the 10 already present. And since this is the Bay Area, construction materials will be green whenever possible, high-effeciency lighting is going in and there will be priority parking outside for hybrid cars.

For now, passengers interested in seeing the abandoned terminal can, though it will eventually be closed as work proceeds. You can also find a similar ghost terminal at Lambert-St. Louis International. Concourse D is almost completely vacant, and it makes for some cool photos.

Related Stories:
· SFO Brings Ghost Terminal Back from the Dead [SMC Times]
· SFO's Old International Terminal to Fly Again [SF Chronicle]
· Airports coverage [Jaunted]

[Photo of T2: misterbisson]