Metropolitan Oakland International Airport
Metropolitan Oakland International | |
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Characteristics | |
ICAO code | KOAK |
IATA code | OAK |
Coordinates | |
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 |
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 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
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
Oakland International Airport traffic figures 1970-2018 | |||
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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 | - | - |
- ↑ From 1980 to 1987 airmail is not taken into account.
Busiest routes
rank | city | Passengers | Airlines |
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1 | Los Angeles , California | 578.720 | Delta , Southwest , Spirit |
2 | Las Vegas , Nevada | 535.290 | Allegiant , Southwest, Spirit |
3 | Seattle / Tacoma , Washington | 445.150 | Alaska , Southwest |
4th | San Diego , California | 424.720 | Southwest |
5 | Burbank , California | 421,490 | Southwest |
6th | Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona | 349,820 | American , Southwest |
7th | Long Beach , California | 292,840 | JetBlue , Southwest |
8th | Santa Ana , California | 288,700 | Southwest |
9 | Portland , Oregon | 280,850 | Alaska, Southwest |
10 | Ontario , California | 265.240 | 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
- Official website (English)
- Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d e Airport Statistics. OaklandAirport.com, accessed July 7, 2019 .
- ^ BART & Public Transportation. OaklandAirport.com, accessed July 7, 2019 .
- ↑ a b c Year-end Airport Statistics Summary. OaklandAirport.com, accessed July 7, 2019 .
- ^ Oakland, CA: Metropolitan Oakland International (OAK). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed July 7, 2019 .
- ^ Airlines and Destinations. OaklandAirport.com, accessed July 7, 2019 .
- ↑ Air-Britain Archive: Casualty compendium part 53 (English), June 1994, pp. 94/53.
- ↑ Accident report DC-6 N37550 , Aviation Safety Network (English), accessed on August 26, 2017.