Oakland International Airport

"San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport" and "Oakland Airport" redirect here. For other uses, see Oakland Airport (disambiguation).

Oakland International Airport
Summary
Airport typePublic
Owner/OperatorPort of Oakland
ServesEast Bay, San Francisco Bay Area
LocationOakland, Alameda County, California, U.S.
OpenedSeptember 17, 1927; 97 years ago (1927-09-17)
Hub forFedEx Express
Operating base forSouthwest Airlines[1]
Time zonePST (UTC−08:00)
 • Summer (DST)PDT (UTC−07:00)
Elevation AMSL9 ft / 3 m
Coordinates37°43′17″N 122°13′15″W / 37.72139°N 122.22083°W / 37.72139; -122.22083
Websitewww.oaklandairport.com
Maps
FAA airport diagram
FAA airport diagram
Map
Runways
Direction Length Surface
ft m
12/30 10,520 3,206 Asphalt
10R/28L 6,213 1,894 Asphalt
10L/28R 5,458 1,664 Asphalt
15/33 3,376 1,029 Asphalt
Statistics (2023)
Aircraft operations219,807
Total passengers11,239,075
Sources: FAA,[2][3]

Oakland International Airport, officially Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK) is an international airport in Oakland, California, United States. The airport is located 7 miles (11 km) south of Downtown Oakland and 12 miles (19 km) east of San Francisco, serving the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The airport is owned by the Port of Oakland[2][4] and has domestic passenger flights to cities throughout the United States and international flights to Mexico, El Salvador, and Portugal,[5] in addition to cargo flights to China and Japan. The airport covers 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) of land.[2][6] The airport is an operating base for Southwest Airlines, which operates point-to-point routes with bases instead of a traditional network with hubs.

  1. ^ "Southwest Airlines Announces New Crew Base for Pilots and Flight Attendants at Nashville International Airport (BNA)" (Press release). August 14, 2023. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
  2. ^ a b c FAA Airport Form 5010 for OAK PDF, effective January 25, 2024.
  3. ^ "Oakland Int'l Airport Passenger Data for 2023" (PDF). oaklandairport.com. Retrieved February 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "Metropolitan Oakland International Airport". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved May 3, 2009.
  5. ^ McGinnis, Chris; SFGATE (December 17, 2019). "Norwegian Air abandons Oakland International Airport". SFGate. Retrieved December 18, 2019.
  6. ^ "OAK airport data at skyvector.com". skyvector.com. Retrieved August 26, 2022.