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Oakland by plane
Oakland by plane
Oakland International Airport (IATA: OAK) is served by many domestic and international carriers, including Southwest Airlines and JetBlue. There is private shuttle service ($10-25) to hotels in Oakland and San Francisco, and public transit service (AirBART , and AC Transit Line 73 or Line 805) to the Oakland Coliseum BART Station which takes exactly 12 mintues from the airport to the Oakland Coliseum Bart Station (which is adjacent to the similarly named Amtrak Capitol Corridor station).
Other air travel options include the San Francisco (IATA: SFO) and San Jose (IATA: SJC) International Airports. SFO, with its BART station, is the more convenient of the two. Those flying into San Jose might have to battle significant traffic, pay for an expensive van or taxi ride, or take VTA's Airport Flyer (Route 10) to the Santa Clara Caltrain Station, then Caltrain to the Millbrae Intermodal Station, and then BART toward Oakland. (From SFO and Millbrae, BART provides direct service to West Oakland, Lake Merritt, Fruitvale, and Coliseum stations; those traveling to other Oakland stations, such as Oakland City Center/12th Street, must change trains no later than West Oakland.)
For private pilots, Oakland Airport (ICAO: KOAK) has a separate General Aviation area "North Field", essentially the equivalent of another airport to the north of the commercial facilities, with separate tower, taxiways, and radio frequencies. Its long runway is frequently used for jet travel, and Oakland makes a far better GA destination than San Francisco's (ICAO: KSFO) complex, heavily trafficked field.
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