But it uses smaller turboprops, not the jets and large turboprops that Reeve flew.
Golden Gate had Convair 580s, de Havilland Canada Dash 7s and smaller turboprops.
The design and planning process, including safety tests, can last up to four years for small turboprops or longer for larger planes.
The Embraer-145 is a 50-seat regional jet built by Empresa Brasileira de Aeronautica S. A., as the company is formally known, to replace slightly smaller turboprops.
Commuter airline flights to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) with small turboprop or prop aircraft started in 1969, but were gone by 1980.
The first aircraft ever to land at the airport was a small fourteen-seater turboprop owned by Vincent Aviation.
Many high-performance light aircraft, helicopters and some smaller turboprops use bladder tanks.
They have three of them, and a few smaller turboprops for flying around Europe.
The design and planning process, including safety tests, can last up to four years for small turboprops, and up to 12 years for aeroplanes with the capacity of the A380.
And because the airport fees are set according to the weight of the plane, the private planes, like the small turboprops, are paying much less than big jets would be charged.