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Originally Posted by Rynetwo
You were on the correct path until the bold section. No, San Antonio's economy is not based on tourism and in fact I think that is down to 5th or 6th largest sector in terms of economic impact.
Also, Austin is not a super hub of any kind and will lily never be either. Both Lover field and Hobby have more passenger traffic than Austin or San Antonio.
Boardings in 2018...
Atlanta 51 million passengers
Dallas 32 million
Houston Bush 21.7 million
Austin 7.9 million
San Antonio 5 million
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Also, the location. Hub airports are generally centrally located in relation to other US cities. San Antonio (and even Austin) are in the southern part of one of the most southern states, so it's out of the way for airlines to use it as a transfer point for connecting flights. In that regard, the only option that makes sense is as a transfer point for flights from Mexico or Central America. Even then, Dallas and Houston are close enough and big enough to prevent that from really happening.