
This operation was announced in November as a seasonal operation at SBD. However, I've watched from my home UPS landings continuing into the new year. Yesterday, UPS had three flights into SBD -- Two 757s from OAK and BIL and the 767 from HNL. The activity occurs with arrivals starting at 16:00 and departures beginning around 18:30 and ending by 20:30. Most departures leave for SDF however last night one was scheduled to RFD. The announcement back in November said UPS was renting a 55,000 sq ft facility at SBD for their operation. It is true that Amazon has a very large Distribution Center(s) both at the airport and within a mile from SBD. SBD also is located in the triangle of three major SoCal freeways: I-10, I-215 and I-210 so shipments can easily depart the airport in all directions. Its great watching 757s and 767s arriving in SBD along with the Fire Bombers.
Also of note, Amazon Prime has established a major hub at ONT as well. Last week I counted eight 767s along the flight line in front of the old Terminal building near the Cellphone Parking Lot. So the IE is handling a lot of airfreight operations between UPS, Fedex and Prime and they all fly over my house so spotting is fun.
