San Jose Airport

This article explains the California airport; for the airport in Puerto Rico see San Juan Airport , for the one in Costa Rica see Juan Santamaría International Airport .

Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport
Characteristics
ICAO code	KSJC
IATA code	SJC
Coordinates	37 ° 21 '46 "  N , 121 ° 55' 45"  W Coordinates: 37 ° 21 '46 "  N , 121 ° 55' 45"  W.
Height above MSL	19 m (62  ft )
Transport links
Distance from the city center	5 km northwest of San José
Street	I-880 / US 101 / SR 87
Local transport	Bus : VTA route 10
Basic data
opening	1965
operator	City of San Jose Department of Aviation
surface	425 ha
Terminals	2
Passengers	14,319,292 (2018)
Air freight	54,596 t (2018)
Flight movements	173,389 (2018)
Employees	5,239 (2014)
Runways
12R / 30L	3353 m × 46 m concrete
12L / 30R	3353 m × 46 m concrete

The San Jose Airport ( english Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport ) is the commercial airport of the city of San Jose in the US state of California and the smallest of the three international airports in the San Francisco Bay Area by the San Francisco International Airport and Oakland International Airport .

Location and transport links

The Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport is five kilometers northwest of downtown San José. The California State Route 87 runs east of the airport. Also, Interstate 880 runs south of the airport, while US Highway 101 runs north of the airport.

The Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport is integrated into the local public transport system by buses , route 10 of the operator VTA runs to the airport regularly. The VTA Route 10 also connects the airport with the Metro / Airport station of the VTA Light Rail and with the Santa Clara train station , where trains on the Altamont Corridor Express , Amtrak and Caltrain stop.

history

In 1940 the city of San José bought about 200 hectares of land to build an airport there. In 1945, part of this area was leased to a flight school , which built the first runway. In 1965 the first passenger terminal, the former Terminal C, was opened.

In 1988 American Airlines set up a hub at the airport and construction work began on Terminal A, which opened in 1990.

In November 2001, the airport's official name was changed in honor of Norman Mineta . Mineta was Mayor of San José from 1971 to 1975 and Secretary of Transportation in the George W. Bush Cabinet from 2001 to 2006 .

After Terminal B was fully completed, Terminal C was demolished in 2010.

Airport facilities

Airport diagram

The Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport has a total area of ​​425 hectares.

Runways

The Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport has two parallel runways . They are named 12L / 30R and 12R / 30L, are 3,353 meters long, 46 meters wide and have a concrete surface.

terminal

The Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport has two passenger terminals with a total of 36 piers .

Terminal A

Terminal A is connected to 17 piers equipped. These have the numbers 1 to 16, there is also a gate with the designation 7A. Except for Gate 7A, all gates have passenger boarding bridges .

Terminal B

Concourse B is equipped with 19 piers, these are numbered 17 to 35. Pier number 36 is also under construction. All gates have passenger boarding bridges.

Airlines and Destinations

The Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport is used by a total of 13 airlines . By far the largest market share has Southwest Airlines , which carries almost half of the passengers, followed by Alaska Airlines , American Airlines and Delta Air Lines .

From Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport there are almost exclusively point-to-point connections to the major American hubs . There are also some direct connections to the cities of the west coast. There are also long-haul connections to China , Japan and the United Kingdom .

The Lufthansa launched its first flight on July 1, 2016, and offered five times a week from Frankfurt am Main, the first direct connection from or to Europe. The Airbus A340-300 (LH operated by Lufthansa Cityline - an aircraft from the so-called "Jump" project) was used on the route. However, the flights have since been suspended. British Airways also started operating a Boeing 787 from London Heathrow in 2016 and continues to operate them.

Traffic figures

Traffic figures for Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport 2010–2018

year	Passenger volume				Air freight ( tons ) (with airmail )	Aircraft movements (with military)
	National	International	transit	total
2018	12,724,012	985.784	609.496	14,319,292	54,596	173.389
2017	11,283,612	864.378	332.242	12,480,232	55,669	155.914
2016	9,937,025	684.384	175.316	10,796,725	54,758	138.915
2015	9,195,575	398.822	205.030	9,799,427	48,840	129.021
2014	8,871,154	334.458	179,600	9,385,212	48,341	124.138
2013	8,305,339	298,532	179,448	8,783,319	42,475	122,947
2012	7,940,676	171.904	183,594	8,296,174	37,936	119,429
2011	7,941,961	169,571	245.852	8,357,384	39,953	120,966
2010	7,919,468	135,422	191.174	8,246,064	44,781	123,490

Busiest routes

Busiest national routes from San José (2018)

rank	city	Passengers	Airlines
01	Los Angeles , California	0637.530	Alaska , American Eagle , Delta Connection , Southwest
02	Seattle / Tacoma , Washington	0615.160	Alaska, Delta Air Lines / Delta Connection, Southwest
03	San Diego , California	0544.820	Alaska, Southwest
04th	Las Vegas , Nevada	0442.310	Delta Connection, Frontier , Southwest
05	Santa Ana , California	0427.610	Alaska, Southwest
06th	Phoenix – Sky Harbor , Arizona	0404.820	American, Southwest
07th	Portland , Oregon	0352.140	Alaska, Southwest
08th	Denver , Colorado	0347.740	Frontier, Southwest, United / United Express
09	Burbank , California	0331,490	Alaska, Southwest
10	Salt Lake City , Utah	0221.130	Delta / Delta Connection, Southwest

Web links

Commons : San Jose International Airport  - Collection of pictures, videos, and audio files

• Official website (English)
• Airport data on World Aero Data ( 2006 )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Mineta San José International Airport Facts: Silicon Valley's Airport. FlySanJose.com, July 2017, accessed June 15, 2019 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Airport Activity. FlySanJose.com, accessed June 15, 2019 . 
3. ^ The Economic Impact of San José International Airport. FlySanJose.com, accessed July 31, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Public Transit. FlySanJose.com, accessed June 11, 2019 . 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Airport Guides San José
6. ^ History. FlySanJose.com, accessed February 9, 2018 . 
7. ↑ Slide show: Demolition begins on San Jose airport's Terminal C , mercurynews.com (English)
8. ^ Airport Improvement Program. FlySanJose.com, accessed June 15, 2019 . 
9. ↑ ^{a b c} Terminal Maps. FlySanJose.com, accessed June 15, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Silicon Valley's Airport Celebrates Opening of Additional Boarding Gates. FlySanJose.com, June 14, 2019, accessed June 15, 2019 . 
11. ^ ^{A b} San Jose, CA: Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International (SJC). Transtats.BTS.gov , accessed June 15, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Lufthansa does not take up new route to America until later. airliners.de, February 9, 2016, accessed June 15, 2019 (German). 
13. ↑ Lufthansa cancels flights to Silicon Valley. airliners.de, October 9, 2018, accessed June 15, 2019 (German). 
14. ↑ ^{a b} Airlines. FlySanJose.com, accessed June 15, 2019 .