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Oakland International Airport, officially Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, is an international airport in Oakland, California. The airport is located 7 miles south of Downtown Oakland and 12 miles east of San Francisco, serving the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The airport is owned by the Port of Oakland and has domestic passenger …
Oakland International Airport, officially Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, is an international airport in Oakland, California. The airport is located 7 miles south of Downtown Oakland and 12 miles east of San Francisco, serving the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay Area. The airport is owned by the Port of Oakland and has domestic passenger flights to cities throughout the United States and international flights to Mexico, El Salvador, and Portugal, in addition to cargo flights to China and Japan. The airport covers 2,600 acres of land. The airport is an operating base for Southwest Airlines, which operates point-to-point routes with bases instead of a traditional network with hubs.
  • Location: Oakland, Alameda County, California, U.S.
  • Opened: September 17, 1927
  • Airport type: Public
  • Owner/Operator: Port of Oakland
  • Serves: East Bay, San Francisco Bay Area
  • Hub for: FedEx Express
  • Operating base for: Southwest Airlines
Data from: en.wikipedia.org