San Jose International Airport

This article is about the airport in California, United States. For other airports, see San Jose Airport (disambiguation).

San Jose Mineta International Airport
Aerial view, 2004
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorCity of San Jose
Serves
LocationSan Jose, California, U.S.
Opened1939; 85 years ago (1939)
Focus city forAlaska Airlines[1]
Elevation AMSL62 ft / 19 m
Coordinates37°21′46″N 121°55′45″W / 37.36278°N 121.92917°W / 37.36278; -121.92917
Websitewww.flysanjose.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12L/30R 11,000 3,353 Asphalt
12R/30L 11,000 3,353 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Passengers12,097,160
Aircraft movements164,619
Sources: www.flysjc.com,[2] FAA Airport Master Record[3] and FAA passenger boarding data[4]

San José Mineta International Airport (IATA: SJC, ICAO: KSJC, FAA LID: SJC) — officially Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport[5] — is a city-owned public airport in San Jose, California. Located 3 mi (4.8 km) northwest of Downtown San Jose, the airport serves both the city and the Santa Clara Valley region of the greater Bay Area. It is named after San Jose native Norman Mineta, former United States Secretary of Transportation and United States Secretary of Commerce, who also served as Mayor of San Jose and as a San Jose City Councilman.

While San Jose is the largest city in the Bay Area, SJC is the Bay Area's second-busiest airport by passenger boarding, behind San Francisco International Airport (SFO).[6] In addition, the airport is also an official U.S. Customs and Border Protection international port of entry.[7] It is situated three miles northwest of Downtown San Jose[3][8] near the intersections of U.S. Route 101, Interstate 880, and State Route 87. In 2021, 54% of departing or arriving passengers at SJC flew on Southwest Airlines; Alaska Airlines was the second most popular airline with about 19% of passengers.[9]

  1. ^ "Network – Alaska Airlines". Newsroom – Alaska Airlines. Alaska Airlines. August 2018. Archived from the original on November 4, 2018. Retrieved November 3, 2018. Though Alaska calls Seattle home, the company has hubs in Anchorage, Alaska, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. Other focus cities include San Diego and San Jose, California.
  2. ^ "Airport Activity". Mineta San Jose International Airport. January 2019. Archived from the original on March 28, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
  3. ^ a b FAA Airport Form 5010 for SJC PDF, effective December 30, 2021
  4. ^ FAA Passenger Boarding Data Archived September 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine for 2006, as published November 26, 2007.
  5. ^ "San José Mineta International Airport Re-Introduces Itself with new Brand Identity". San Jose Mineta International Airport. January 23, 2023. Archived from the original on January 24, 2023. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  6. ^ "Mineta San Jose Airport surpasses Oakland for number of travelers". KGO-TV (ABC7 News). December 19, 2018. Archived from the original on August 25, 2019. Retrieved June 14, 2019.
  7. ^ "Port of Entry – San Jose International Airport". Cbp.gov. September 28, 2005. Archived from the original on October 30, 2012. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  8. ^ "San Jose International Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
  9. ^ "2021 Facts & Figures". Mineta San José International Airport. Retrieved September 5, 2021.