Metropolitan Oakland International Airport

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Metropolitan Oakland International
OAK Control Tower 07832.JPG
Characteristics
ICAO code KOAK
IATA code OAK
Coordinates

37 ° 43 '17 "  N , 122 ° 13' 15"  W Coordinates: 37 ° 43 '17 "  N , 122 ° 13' 15"  W.
Height above MSL 3 m (10  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center 7 miles south of Oakland
Street I-880 / CA 61
Local transport BART - People Mover
Bus :
AC Transit Lines 21, 73, 805
Basic data
opening 1927
operator Port of Oakland
Terminals 2
Passengers 13,594,251 (2018)
Air freight 608,115 t (2018)
Flight
movements 		241,703 (2018)
Runways
12/30 3048 m × 46 m asphalt
10R / 28L 1893 m × 46 m asphalt
10L / 28R 1662 m × 46 m asphalt
15/33 1028 m × 23 m asphalt



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The Oakland International Airport (also Oakland Airport ) is the international airport of the city of Oakland in the US state of California . It is one of the three airports in the San Francisco Bay Area metropolitan area and mainly serves low-cost airlines and air freight .

Location and transport links

Oakland International Airport is seven miles south of downtown Oakland. The general aviation section of the airport is on California State Route 61 . In addition, Interstate 880 runs around one kilometer northeast of the general aviation area and three kilometers northeast of the passenger terminal .

The Oakland International Airport is buses and a People Mover line in the public transport involved. The bus routes 21, 73 and 805 of the AC Transit run regularly to the airport. A people mover line operated by the local public transport company Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) connects the airport with the larger Coliseum station at Oakland-Alameda County Coliseum . Bus routes 73 and 805 also stop at the Coliseum station during the day and night.

history

Oakland Airport location sketch

Oakland Airport was inaugurated in 1927 by Charles Lindbergh ; in the same year, Boeing Air Transport, a forerunner of United Airlines, started its first scheduled flights. In 1943, the United States Armed Forces took over the airport and used it as a base for military flights to the Pacific Islands. Civil aviation had to switch to San Francisco International Airport and did not return until 1946.

The first modern terminal, today's Terminal 1, opened in 1962. During the Vietnam War , World Airways used Oakland Airport as a hub for troop transports to Southeast Asia. After the end of the war, the number of passengers fell. However, the Airline Deregulation Act of 1978 made the airport attractive to the emerging low-cost airlines. A second terminal was opened in 1985 and, since 1989, Southwest Airlines has been the first airline to fly to Oakland Airport with the largest number of passengers today.

business

Boeing 737 of Alaska Airlines at Oakland Airport

Today, Oakland Airport mainly offers connections to the American mainland, Hawaii and Mexico. The largest airline is Southwest Airlines , which uses the entire Terminal 2 alone. In addition, Oakland is a base for the logistics company FedEx , which operates air freight flights within the USA and to Asia from here . With British Airways, a European airline has also been serving Metropolitan Airport from Gatwick Airport since March 2017. In addition, three of the four runways are exclusively available for general aviation , which accounts for a large part of flight movements.

Traffic figures

Source: Port of Oakland
Source: Port of Oakland
Oakland International Airport traffic figures 1970-2018
year Passenger volume Air freight ( tons )
(with airmail)		 Flight movements
2018 13,594,251 608.115 241,703
2017 13,072,245 567,468 236,601
2016 12,070,967 535.699 222,771
2015 11.205.063 536.875 215,750
2014 10,336,788 535,500 203,694
2013 9,742,887 504.019 201.231
2012 10,040,864 499.481 210,626
2011 9,266,570 499.466 215.773
2010 9,542,333 511.051 219,652
2009 9,505,281 491.238 233.183
2008 11,474,456 622.137 269,631
2007 14,613,489 667,368 -
2006 14,433,669 668.239 -
2005 14,417,645 672.867 -
2004 14,098,327 672,666 -
2003 13,548,363 619.047 -
2002 12,723,777 650,390 -
2001 11,416,579 615,438 -
2000 10,620,798 703.067 -
1999 9,879,556 684.576 -
1998 9,231,280 706.942 -
1997 9,144,806 678.085 -
1996 9,734,859 615.299 -
1995 9,834,869 543.943 -
1994 8,381,971 497.204 -
1993 7,498,782 429,328 -
1992 6,610,456 361.941 -
1991 6,181,251 253.479 -
1990 5,512,383 212,741 -
1989 4,228,986 194.487 -
1988 3,832,241 189,424 -
1987 4,009,996 123,534 -
1986 3,821,391 92,042 -
1985 4,136,707 78.008 -
1984 3,620,104 56,490 -
1983 2,914,669 20,884 -
1982 2,852,105 19,559 -
1981 2,546,764 6,747 -
1980 2,417,095 4,307 -
1979 2,771,815 - -
1978 2,788,176 - -
1977 2,499,855 - -
1976 2,154,214 - -
1975 2,083,687 - -
1974 2,295,871 - -
1973 2,226,494 - -
1972 2,080,793 - -
1971 2,053,769 - -
1970 2,055,180 - -
  1. ↑ From 1980 to 1987 airmail is not taken into account.

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from Oakland (2018)
rank city Passengers Airlines
01 Los Angeles , California 0578.720 Delta , Southwest , Spirit
02 Las Vegas , Nevada 0535.290 Allegiant , Southwest, Spirit
03 Seattle / Tacoma , Washington 0445.150 Alaska , Southwest
04th San Diego , California 0424.720 Southwest
05 Burbank , California 0421,490 Southwest
06th Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona 0349,820 American , Southwest
07th Long Beach , California 0292,840 JetBlue , Southwest
08th Santa Ana , California 0288,700 Southwest
09 Portland , Oregon 0280,850 Alaska, Southwest
10 Ontario , California 0265.240 Southwest

Incidents

  • On August 24, 1951, a Douglas DC-6 B of United Air Lines ( aircraft registration number N37550 ) fell below the prescribed minimum altitude on its approach to Oakland Airport and flew at an altitude of 300 meters into a hill. All six crew members and 44 passengers on board were killed.

Web links

Commons : Oakland Airport  - Collection of images, videos, and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Airport Statistics. OaklandAirport.com, accessed July 7, 2019 .
  2. ^ BART & Public Transportation. OaklandAirport.com, accessed July 7, 2019 .
  3. ↑ a b c Year-end Airport Statistics Summary. OaklandAirport.com, accessed July 7, 2019 .
  4. ^ Oakland, CA: Metropolitan Oakland International (OAK). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed July 7, 2019 .
  5. ^ Airlines and Destinations. OaklandAirport.com, accessed July 7, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 53 (English), June 1994, pp. 94/53.
  7. ↑ Accident report DC-6 N37550 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 26, 2017.