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I live in San Luis Obispo and will only fly Southwest which I have done for the past twenty five years we have lived in California.  I generally fly out of LAX.  The only logical, and I dare say economically viable place for Southwest to headquarter on the Centel Coast would be Santa Maria.  It has a long enough runway to accommodate any size plane, even the largest military planes.  It has plenty of free parking.  A Radisson Hotel right at the airport.  Is within an hours drive, or shuttle ride from SLO or SB.  Closer to Fresno/Bakersfield than SF or LA.  Only has one airline currently and would make a great set up location for Southwest new Hawaii flights. ... View more

@zebedancer wrote: Fresno would've saved us a TON of drive time (and tiredness) on our last big family trip.  Miami would be nice.  (Yes I know FLL isn't that far, but it's a dream list, right?) Fresno would have to show ability to fill a few 737's per day, but it could be considered.   MIA is a tough one, American Airlines has that airport locked up in terms of gates. Southwest could probably run operations at both FLL and MIA profitably, but without a major inititive/expansion by the city there won't be gates available.         ... View more