Tell me about San Diego?

Since the deregulation of air travel in the United States in 1978, many airlines have carried their passengers through San Diego on a scheduled or chartered basis. Sadly, some of these airlines may have lasted one or two years at the most. But other more established carriers have also ceased operations due to the cold reality of economics. In addition, several international airlines have come and later found San Diego unprofitable, as there is a weight penalty from SAN that prevents a wide-bodied jet fully loaded (with passengers, fuel and cargo) from taking off from the short runway. The effective runway length at Lindbergh due to rising terrain east and west of the airport is about 8,500' for runway 27 and 6,500' for runway 9. A Boeing 777 takes a 35,000-70,000 lb weight penalty depending on the version of the aircraft given the effective runway length, but hope is in the air with the 787. According to Boeing, the 787-8 with the high thrust engine variant will only require 7,800' of runway, but the standard is 9,200' of runway requiring a 20,000 lb weight penalty - again due to terrain. Time will tell. The following list comprises airlines which provided scheduled or regular charter service to Lindbergh Field.