About The Airport
Fly The East Bay Way. It is The Best Way to San Francisco Bay®.
OAK Airport is the Best Way to San Francisco Bay® and is a primary gateway to the San Francisco Bay Area as well as the "home airport" for the greater East Bay, where most of the region's 7.8 million residents live. It is the closest airport to most San Francisco Bay Area residents and employers. By roadway and BART air-rail, OAK enables excellent access to all of the region’s business, entertainment and tourism venues.
The vision of OAK to be the airport of choice for San Francisco Bay Area residents and visitors alike. OAK is operated by the Port of Oakland, which also oversees the Oakland seaport (the primary cargo gateway for Northern California) and 20 miles of East Bay waterfront that has been undergoing major development. Together with its business partners, the Port supports more than 84,000 jobs in the region with more than a $130 billion economic impact.
- OAK, the 4th busiest commercial service airport in California and the Bay area's top airport for air cargo. It is a centrally located airport that is convenient and reliable, and proudly serves all of the 101 San Francisco Bay area cities, towns and villages comprising over 7,000 square miles in Northern California.
- OAK has the second largest immediate catchment area in the State of California (after LAX). The San Francisco East Bay is the top population and industry epicenter driving Northern California's growing innovation, tech, bio-pharma, entertainment, and tourism economies.
- A diverse range of corporations are headquartered in the East Bay including Chevron, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Shield, Zeiss, Workday, Bayer, Grifols, Square, Clorox, Disney Pixar Studios, Meta and Lam Research - to name just a few.
- OAK is the home airport to 3 US National Laboratories located in the East Bay - Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia- employing over 19,000 people.
- The University of California in Berkeley is the #1 ranked US public university and has produced doezens of Nobel Laureates, Olympic medlaists, elected officials and top corporate CEO's. OAK is proud to be the Official Airport of Cal Athletics and is celebrating the 14th anniversary of that valuable partnership.
Facts and Figures
- List of Top 5 Airlines: Southwest Airlines, Spirit Airlines, Volaris Airlines, Alaska Airlines, Hawaiian Airlines
- Number of Serving Airlines: 10
- Number of Direct Destinations: Approximately 45
- Number of Terminals: Two
- Number of Runways: Four
- Length of Main Runway (m): 3206
- Passenger Numbers (mppa): 11,146,229
- Cargo Tonnes (p.a.): 650,000 (1.3 billion U.S. pounds)
- Ownership: Port of Oakland (the Port of Oakland and OAK are in no way affiliated with the City and County of San Francisco or SFO.
- Operational Opening Hours: 24/7
- Total Catchment Population: 7.8 million
- Urban Population: 7.8 million
- Aircraft Parking Stands: Over 50