As one of the best hubs of United Airlines, I love the way SFO is designed and it's right by the bay. Even though it's in an unincorporated area of San Mateo County, CA, it's owned by the Government of San Francisco. SFO is definitely one of the best mega world class airports in the US so far. Your plane flew above the East Bay and you got a good view of the urban area of Concord, CA, aka the most urbanized area of Contra Costa County, CA and it's also home to its county seat, Martinez, CA, by the Carquinez Strait where the Benicia-Martinez Bridge goes over. I can even tell that because of the geography and I can even see the 680, 242, and the 4. After seeing the Carquinez Strait, you also got a view of Suisun Bay where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers meet each other by a river delta. Next, you got a view of Sacramento, CA, the capital of the Golden State because we can even tell where it's settled on the American River meeting the Sacramento River because to geographic centrality in the state. Lastly, you saw I-80 through the Sierra Nevada that replaces over US 40 and the Lincoln Hwy, but that portion is near Donner Lake in Truckee, CA where you find Donner Pass, the highest peak of I-80 in California as part of the Sacramento River-Great Basin Divide.
As one of the best hubs of United Airlines, I love the way SFO is designed and it's right by the bay. Even though it's in an unincorporated area of San Mateo County, CA, it's owned by the Government of San Francisco. SFO is definitely one of the best mega world class airports in the US so far. Your plane flew above the East Bay and you got a good view of the urban area of Concord, CA, aka the most urbanized area of Contra Costa County, CA and it's also home to its county seat, Martinez, CA, by the Carquinez Strait where the Benicia-Martinez Bridge goes over. I can even tell that because of the geography and I can even see the 680, 242, and the 4. After seeing the Carquinez Strait, you also got a view of Suisun Bay where the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers meet each other by a river delta. Next, you got a view of Sacramento, CA, the capital of the Golden State because we can even tell where it's settled on the American River meeting the Sacramento River because to geographic centrality in the state. Lastly, you saw I-80 through the Sierra Nevada that replaces over US 40 and the Lincoln Hwy, but that portion is near Donner Lake in Truckee, CA where you find Donner Pass, the highest peak of I-80 in California as part of the Sacramento River-Great Basin Divide.
Wow! Thanks for the amazing introduction.