A 1933 description says, "Favorably situated beside the Bayshore Highway, San Francisco Airport is but twenty-two minutes from the heart of San Francisco. Beside private automobile transportation, with large parking space, all transport planes are met by taxicabs stationed at the field. Pacific Greyhound Lines maintain a twenty minute schedule between the airport and the city."

The San Francisco Municipal Airport was located twelve miles south of the main postoffice in San Francisco, bounded on the east by San Francisco Bay and on the west by the four-lane (see photo) Bayshore Highway.

Day markings consisted of "SAN FRANCISCO AIRPORT" painted on a hangar (chrome yellow letters on a black background), a wind cone and an arrow pointing north painted on hangar No. 1, and a wind indicator at the east side of the field. Night lighting consisted of floodlights, boundary lights, an illuminated wind cone and wind tee, buildings floodlighted and outlined in red, and an alternate green and white revolving beacon.

Telephone was available at the field, as was teletype and weather reports. Radio station KGYO, 278 kilocycles, operated at the field.

Accommodations included a restaurant and rest rooms on the field, and hotels and restaurants in the city. Taxi, bus, train and street car transported air passengers to town.

Fuel, oil and hangars were available, as were licensed mechanics day and night. There were no landing or flood light charges.

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