Oakland International Airport

Oakland International Airport (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK)( [show location on an interactive map] 37°43′17″N 122°13′15″W / 37.7213, -122.2207), 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. 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.