Saturday, July 26, 2008

Oakland International Airport

Oakland International Airport , also known as Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, is a public airport located ten miles (15 km) south of the central business district of Oakland, a city in Alameda County, California, United States. It is owned by the Port of Oakland.
One of three international airports in the San Francisco Bay Area, airlines serving Oakland International provide service to numerous destinations in the United States, as well as Mexico and El Salvador. It has proven a popular alternative to San Francisco International, thanks largely to a heavy Southwest Airlines presence. Despite Southwest Airlines resuming service at SFO, Oakland International still has the highest Southwest traffic of all the Bay Area airports. In 2006, 14.4 million passengers used the airport.
Oakland International is popular with low cost airlines and in recent years has been one of the nation's fastest growing airports. Currently, Oakland International Airport serves as a focus city for low cost carrier JetBlue Airways. A $1.4 billion dollar expansion project currently underway is expected to be completed by 2009. The project includes the addition of five gates to Terminal 2, which were made available for flights starting in the fall of 2006; the last one opened in the spring of 2007. Eventually, terminal 1 will be renovated and expanded by seven gates.
(from wikipedia)

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