The airport was dedicated on 08/16/1928; originally, the San Diego Municipal Airport existed under the auspices of the Unified Port of San Diego; this was later changed, when the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority was formed.

H. Louis Bodmer supervised a remodeling of the San Diego Municipal Airport in 1948; Pacific Southwest Airlines established San Diego Municipal Airport as its headquarters in 1949.

William Hawley Bowlus (Superintendent of Construction on the Spirit of St. Louis) who also operated the Bowlus Glider School at Lindbergh Field from 1929-1930

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