The closure won't start until March 2026, and airport officials are insisting this will not lead to serious travel delays. The runway closing is technically called Runway 1R/19L, and it's one of only four runways that SFO even has. The closure is expected to last between March 30, 2026, and October 2, 2026, and is intended to upgrade that runway's pavement and operational systems.
Something like 122.4 million people nationwide will be boarding airplanes and zipping - or perhaps plodding - along freeways and roadways. That number of travelers going at least 50 miles in the period from Saturday until Jan. 1 would be a 2.2 percent increase over 2024, when a record 119.7 million people traveled nationwide. AAA expects 89% of this year's travelers to be on the roads.
Across San Francisco, we are expanding safe, reliable, and modern transportation optionssupporting our city's economic comeback, boosting our tourism industry, and connecting residents and visitors to everything our city has to offer, Lurie said in a Tuesday morning press release. We announced in March that we wanted visitors to be able to ride in a Waymo as soon as they arrived in San Francisco, and today, we are taking another important step to get there.