OAK

Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport

ICAO KOAK37.7201°N 122.2212°W9 ft / 3 mLarge airport
On the map
Aerial view of Oakland International Airport
Derrick Coetzee from Seattle, USA · CC0 · Commons

Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK) is a large airport in Oakland, California, United States. It opened on 17 Sep 1927. It has 4 runways; the longest is 10,520 ft (3,207 m). In 2025 it handled 9.2 million passengers.

Timeline

7 events · 1927–2024
17 SEP 1927
OpenedOakland San Francisco Bay Airport opens.
17 SEP 1927
RenamedRenamed Oakland Municipal Airport.
24 AUG 1951
DisasterUnited Airlines Flight 615.50 killed
15 SEP 1962
RenamedRenamed Metropolitan Oakland International Airport.
25 DEC 1965
DisasterJapan Airlines Flight 813.No deaths
09 MAY 2024
RenamedRenamed San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport.
12 NOV 2024
RenamedRenamed Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal 1Terminal 2
12/30130° / 310° · LIT
LENGTH10,520 ft3,207 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
10R/28L112° / 292° · LIT
LENGTH6,213 ft1,894 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
10L/28R112° / 292° · LIT
LENGTH5,457 ft1,663 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEAsphalt
15/33164° / 344° · LIT
LENGTH3,376 ft1,029 mWIDTH75 ft23 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
10.3M
11.4M
12.2M
13.1M
13.6M
13.6M
4.8M
8.2M
11.3M
11.3M
10.7M
9.2M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

14 destinations · 2 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miCEC · Jack Mc Namara Field Airport · 300 mi / 483 kmSMO · Santa Monica Municipal Airport · 332 mi / 534 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 406 mi / 654 kmSAN · San Diego International Airport · 446 mi / 718 kmPDX · Portland International Airport · 544 mi / 876 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 587 mi / 945 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 672 mi / 1,082 kmGDL · Guadalajara International Airport · 1,641 mi / 2,641 kmBJX · Guanajuato International Airport · 1,694 mi / 2,726 kmMLM · General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport · 1,773 mi / 2,853 kmMEX · Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · 1,879 mi / 3,024 kmOGG · Kahului International Airport · 2,347 mi / 3,777 kmHNL · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · 2,407 mi / 3,873 kmLIH · Lihue Airport · 2,454 mi / 3,950 kmLIHOGGMEXGDLSEASLCPDXSANLASCECHNLMLMBJXSMOOAK
Year-round14
CECJack Mc Namara Field AirportUnited States · Advanced Air483 km300 miSMOSanta Monica Municipal AirportUnited States · JSX (airline)534 km332 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, JSX (airline)654 km406 miSANSan Diego International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines718 km446 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines876 km544 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Connection945 km587 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines1,082 km672 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris2,641 km1,641 miBJXGuanajuato International AirportMexico · Volaris2,726 km1,694 miMLMGeneral Francisco J. Mujica International AirportMexico · Volaris2,853 km1,773 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Volaris3,024 km1,879 miOGGKahului International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,777 km2,347 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,873 km2,407 miLIHLihue AirportUnited States · Hawaiian Airlines3,950 km2,454 mi
Most destinationsVolaris 4Alaska Airlines 3Hawaiian Airlines 3JSX (airline) 2Advanced Air 1Frontier Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from OAK. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers9.2M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#236of 3,974 · #58 North America · #47 USLongest runway10,520 ft3,207 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=796of 29,823 · #179 North America · #144 USElevation9 ft3 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,589of 43,341 · =19,160 North America · =15,607 USAgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =42 North America · =40 USRunways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =20 North America · =19 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels
APPNORCAL APP125.350
APPNORCAL APP31.760
ATISATIS133.775
CLDCLNC DEL121.100
DEPNORCAL DEP120.900
GNDGND121.750
RDOOAKLAND RDO122.000
TWROAKLAND TWR118.300
UNICUNICOM122.950