United Will Fly Nonstop From Jacksonville to San Francisco Starting March 29, While a 2,000-Space Garage Adds 24% More Parking at JAX

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - United Airlines will start nonstop flights between Jacksonville International Airport and San Francisco International Airport on March 29, 2027, the airline announced Nov. 6. The service will run year-round on Mondays and Fridays, according to News4JAX, using a Boeing 737-800. Tickets are on sale through United.

The announcement came as the airport was preparing to open a new six-level parking garage with about 2,000 spaces on Tuesday, Nov. 10, according to the Jacksonville Daily Record. Together, the two projects show how Jacksonville's airport is adding both routes and room for the travelers who use them. Here is what has been confirmed so far.

The new San Francisco flight

The Jacksonville flight is scheduled to leave at about 5:45 p.m. Eastern time, and the return flight is scheduled to leave San Francisco at about 8:15 a.m. Pacific time, according to Jacksonville Today and News4JAX. The first flight is on a Monday, March 29, 2027. United's schedule has the plane flying only twice a week.

Mark Weithofer, United's managing director of domestic network planning, said in the announcement that the airline is excited to offer Jacksonville "new year-round nonstop service to San Francisco starting next year," according to News4JAX. The route connects Northeast Florida travelers to United's San Francisco hub, which the airline uses for flights to Pacific destinations including Sydney, Singapore, Hawaii, Hong Kong and Manila, News4JAX reported. United already flies nonstop from Jacksonville to its hubs in Chicago, Denver, Houston, Newark and Washington, D.C.

Source: News4JAX and Jacksonville Today, citing United.

The new parking garage

The Daily Record reported that the new garage was set to open Nov. 10 after a 9 a.m. ribbon-cutting. It has six levels and about 2,000 daily parking spaces, which raises the airport's active parking inventory from 8,424 to 10,424, an increase of about 24%, the newspaper reported. The garage sits east of the existing daily garage, according to the Daily Record.

The airport's parking page lists the daily garage rate at $22 a day, and the Daily Record reported that the rate will be $22 in both daily garages. The hourly garage is $26 a day, the daily surface lot is $16 and the economy lots are $10, according to the airport. The garages and surface lot charge $2 per 30 minutes on the first day until the daily maximum is reached, the airport says.

Parking has been tight. The airport's parking page showed the daily garage 97% full on Nov. 6, the hourly garage 77% full and the economy lots 84% full. In September, Jacksonville Today reported the daily garage was 100% full and the daily surface lot 90% full.

What the garage costs and when it was planned

Reports differ on the price. The Daily Record put the construction cost at $92 million, while Jacksonville Today reported in September an estimated cost of $102 million. Balfour Beatty Construction is the builder, according to both outlets.

Airport spokesman Greg Willis told Jacksonville Today in September that the garage would open "sometime in November before the Thanksgiving holiday." The Daily Record's Sept. 2 headline said the garage would be open before Thanksgiving. Its Nov. 6 report then gave Nov. 10 as the opening date.

More parking is still coming

A fire damaged the third deck of the airport's hourly garage in mid-May 2025, according to Jacksonville Today. Reconstructed sections on the third and fourth decks are expected to open next summer and restore more than 300 spaces, the report said. The Daily Record said the airport expects 10,773 spaces once that work is done, targeted for summer 2027.

Concourse B is next

The airport's new Concourse B is also on the calendar. The Daily Record reported a ribbon-cutting is set for Jan. 27 with American Airlines flights starting Jan. 28, and Jacksonville Today also gave Jan. 28 as the first flight date. Reported costs run from $340 million to $344 million, and the reports differ on the concourse's size.

The concourse adds six gates, and American Airlines will use five of them, according to Jacksonville Today. The airport plans to use the sixth for other flights as needed. The concourse is also to include restaurants, a pet relief area, a children's play area, a Delta Sky Club twice its current size and a Club JAX lounge that doubles its previous space, Jacksonville Today reported.

What travelers should know

• San Francisco fares: The articles reviewed for this report did not list fares, so check United's website.
• Garage hours and rates: Check the airport's parking page at flyjacksonville.com for current rates, since the page did not yet mention the new garage as of Nov. 6.
• Parking tip: Economy lots 1 through 3 run a free shuttle about every 15 minutes, 24 hours a day, the airport says.