Airport rates a middle of the road: 3 of 5! - First off, and very important, San Diego Airport is far too crowded and area and far too small for its volume and traffic. Although it is just less than a quick 5 miles from downtown, it is not one of the most convenient or welcoming of airports I’ve experienced worldwide. As the third busiest airport in California and having been opened in 1928 and became an international airport 1934 – it still has only one runway! In my occasions to regularly travel yet not a professional airport reviewer by any means, and not a business traveler – but a consistent and frequent fun and demands tourist, I have established as succinct a process for gauging the worthiness of each airport visited. My criteria are: 1) ease of access to and from public or private ground transportation: 3.0; 2) convenient parking when having to leave vehicle or dropping off: 3.0; 3) access and convenience of retrieving and dropping off rental vehicles: 2.5; 4) atmosphere, ambience, public facilities, seating areas and access to communications, charging and Wi-Fi: 3.5; 5) overall human customer service – including but not limited to ticket counter, TSA, Hospitality, Retail, Support Services, Restaurant and Baggage Handler knowledge, communication, attitude and demeanor: 2.5; 6) ease of flight information access throughout facility via signage, boards, screens or clear understandable PA system announcements: 3.0; 7) distance, maneuverability, access and convenience of trekking from gate to gate and/or concourse to concourse for connecting flights: 2.5; 8) quantity, value, convenience, quality and comfort of eateries and/or retailers: 2.5; and last, but not least 9) baggage handling, claims and retrieval location, process and lost and found assistance: 3.5. Taking all the aforementioned categories, I've devised a scale of 1 to 5 with 1 being the worst and 5 being the best an airport can be! This airport rates a middle of the road: 3.0. Most positive point at this airport are: very few and far between. The most negative points here are: as said when I to opened my review. Plus, 11 restos, really? An airport this size, this busy, need more and better.

Waste of time and money - We waited for over a half an hour for the driver and finally called the vendor who only then called an Uber driver to come pick us up. We then had to walk a considerable distance to find his car. Horrible service by Rosewood Livery!