In 1998, the airport completed what is now referred to as Terminal 2 West. At that time, the San Diego Unified Port District governed the facilities and commissioned several permanent pieces of traditional and contemporary works by local and nationally renowned artists.

At the Gate Gary Hughes	Charles A. Lindberg: The Boy and the Man Paul T. Granlund	Skyscapes & Cloud Experience Jeffrey Laudenslager and Deanne Sabeck	Continents Italo Scanga
A Day at the Beach Tracy Sabin	Drifting Beyond Control Carolyn Braaksma	San Diego: Gateway of the Americas Thomas J. Erhardt and other artists	Guillermo Steve Bartlett
Light Waves Deanne Sabeck	Lindbergh Bust Paul Fjelde	Los Voladores/The Sunfliers Julian Quintana & Mario Torero	Paper Vortex Joan Irving
Sandcast Charles R. Faust	In Search of Wilderness Les Perhacs	Seeshells Mary Lynn Dominguez	Lucky/Spirit John J. Whalen
The "Spirit of St. Louis" Reproduction San Diego Aerospace Museum	Sunlight Juxtaposed Joan Irving	Tree Lines Gail Roberts	Water & Sun Christopher Lee
Wind Dance Joan Irving