AirportsOakland San Francisco Bay Airport is a large airport serving Oakland, in California, United States. It has scheduled airline flights. Its IATA code, the three letters printed on tickets and baggage tags, is OAK.
Key facts
- IATA code
- OAK
- ICAO code
- KOAK
- City
- Oakland
- State or region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Kind
- Large airport
- Coordinates
- 37.7201° N, 122.2212° W
- Elevation
- 3 m (9 ft)
- Runways
- 4
- Longest runway
- 3,206 m (10,520 ft)
Airport codes
On a ticket or a baggage tag, OAK means Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport. Pilots and air traffic controllers use a different, four-letter ICAO code: KOAK. ICAO codes that begin with K belong to the mainland United States. How the two kinds of code differ.
Where it is
The airport lies at 37.7201° N, 122.2212° W. It stands 3 metres (9 feet) above sea level.
Local time
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Time zone America/Los Angeles, taken from the nearest town in the data. Flight times on tickets are always in the local time of each airport.
Runways
Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport has 4 runways in the data. The longest is 3,206 metres (10,520 feet). A runway of this length can take the largest long-distance aircraft. Among the 675 airports of United States on this site with runway data, its longest runway ranks number 69.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 3,206 m 10,520 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 10R/28L | 1,894 m 6,213 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 10L/28R | 1,663 m 5,457 ft | 46 m | Asphalt | Yes |
| 15/33 | 1,029 m 3,376 ft | 23 m | Asphalt | Yes |
The numbers in a runway name give its compass direction. How runway numbers work.
Nearest airports with scheduled flights
| Airport | Code | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco International AirportSan Francisco | SFO | 18 km |
| San Carlos AirportSan Carlos | SQL | 23 km |
| Buchanan FieldConcord | CCR | 33 km |
| Mineta San Jose International AirportSan Jose | SJC | 47 km |
| Stockton Metropolitan AirportStockton | SCK | 88 km |
Distance to major airports
| To | Distance | Rough flying time |
|---|---|---|
| Delhi (DEL)India | 12,376 km | 15 h 25 min |
| Mumbai (BOM)India | 13,504 km | 16 h 45 min |
| Dubai (DXB)United Arab Emirates | 13,009 km | 16 h 10 min |
| London Heathrow (LHR)United Kingdom | 8,599 km | 10 h 50 min |
| New York JFK (JFK)United States | 4,135 km | 5 h 30 min |
| Los Angeles (LAX)United States | 543 km | 1 h 10 min |
| Singapore (SIN)Singapore | 13,587 km | 16 h 50 min |
| Tokyo Haneda (HND)Japan | 8,291 km | 10 h 30 min |
| Sydney (SYD)Australia | 11,967 km | 14 h 55 min |
Distances are the shortest path over the globe, worked out from the coordinates. Flying times are rough estimates for a direct jet flight. They do not mean that a direct flight exists. Work out the distance to any airport.
Links
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