Welcome to the San Francisco Bay Area
OAK is a primary gateway to the San Francisco Bay Area as well as the "home airport" for most people in the greater regions - San Francisco, Berkeley, Alameda, Walnut Creek, San Ramon, the Tri Valley (Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore), Marin, Napa, Sonoma Counties, and, of course, Oakland.
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OAK is The Best Way to San Francisco Bay™
The airport is centrally located on the eastern shoreline of San Francisco Bay. The East Bay is where most of the region's 7.7 million residents live. It is the closest airport to most San Francisco Bay Area employers, including the largest employers. By roadway and BART air-rail, OAK enables excellent access to all the region’s business, entertainment, and tourism venues.
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Fly the East Bay Way at OAK!
OAK’s airlines offer nonstop service to destinations across the United States, as well as Mexico and San Salvador. OAK is also a major gateway to the Hawaiian Islands.
Check out our interactive WhereWeFly route map to learn about all of the places you can go when you OAK!
About OAK
OAK is operated by the Port of Oakland, which also oversees the Oakland seaport (the primary cargo gateway for Northern California) and 20 miles of East Bay waterfront that has been undergoing major development. Together with its business partners, the Port supports more than 98,000 jobs in the region with more than a $174 billion economic impact.
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The airport is centrally located, convenient, reliable, and proudly serves all the 103 San Francisco Bay area cities, towns and villages comprising over 7,000 square miles in Northern California.
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It is the Bay area's top airport for air cargo with large intermodal hub operations conducted by FedEx and UPS.
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OAK has the second largest immediate passenger catchment area in the State of California (after LAX). The San Francisco East Bay is the top population and industry epicenter driving Northern California's growing innovation, technology, biopharma, entertainment, and tourism economies.
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A diverse range of corporations are headquartered in the East Bay, including Sutter Health, Kaiser Permanente, Blue Shield, Zeiss, Workday, 10X Genomics, Bayer, Grifols, Block, Clorox, Disney Pixar Studios, Meta and Lam Research - to name just a few.
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OAK is the home airport to three US National Laboratories located in the East Bay - Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore and Sandia- employing over 19,000 people.
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The UC Berkeley is the #1 ranked U.S. public university and has produced dozens of Nobel Laureates, Olympic medalists, elected officials and top corporate CEOs. OAK is proud to be the Official Airport of Cal Athletics and is celebrating the 14th anniversary of that valuable partnership.