Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport
OAK · KOAK · Oakland, California · Alameda County · map
Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport is a public-use airport owned by the Port of Oakland, 4 miles south of Oakland, California, 9 feet above sea level. It has 4 runways; the longest, 12/30, is 10,520 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 264 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 205,347 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5,161,701 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KOAK · observed 11:53 am PDT (18:53 UTC), 46 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 1,400 feet
- Temperature 64°F (18°C), dew point 50°F (10°C)
- Altimeter 29.60 inHg
The forecast issued Sun 10:28 am PDT (17:28 UTC), good until Mon 5:00 pm PDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Sun 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the south-southeast at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 1,300 feet VFR
- From Sun 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the west at 12 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Sun 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the south-southwest at 6 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Mon 2:00 am PDT (09:00 UTC): wind from the southeast at 5 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Mon 1:00 pm PDT (20:00 UTC): wind from the west at 10 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KOAK 111853Z VRB06KT 10SM FEW014 18/10 A2960 RMK AO2 SLP024 T01780100
TAF KOAK 111728Z 1118/1224 15009KT P6SM FEW013 FM112000 26012KT P6SM SKC FM120200 21006KT P6SM SKC FM120900 13005KT P6SM SKC FM122000 26010KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
Flight planning warnings, pilot reports, winds aloft, restrictions · for planning, not a briefing
No SIGMET or AIRMET covers this field right now.
1 pilot report within 100 nautical miles in the last three hours:
- C525 at 3,200 ft, 70 nm south, 10:00 am PDT (17:00 UTC): a broken layer from 2,000 ft to 3,200 ft.
Winds aloft at the nearest forecast point (SFO, 10 nm southwest), for use 14:00–21:00 UTC: 3,000 ft: light and variable; 6,000 ft: 020° at 8 kt, 5 °C; 9,000 ft: 300° at 7 kt, 3 °C; 12,000 ft: 270° at 12 kt, -2 °C; 18,000 ft: 270° at 25 kt, -13 °C.
3 temporary flight restrictions within 50 nautical miles:
- 6/6741 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 6 nm northwest · air shows/sports · until 11 October
- 6/7455 SAN FRANCISCO, CA, Thursday, October 8, 2026 through Sunday, October 11, 2026 Local 8 nm northwest · security · until 11 October
- 6/7231 Santa Clara, CA, Sunday, October 11, 2026 through Monday, October 12, 2026 UTC 22 nm southeast · drones kept away from a public gathering · until 12 October
The full picture: all warnings and reports, winds to 39,000 ft, radar and forecast charts
From the government's aviation weather service and the FAA's restriction list, refreshed every few minutes. This is for planning; the legal briefing comes from Flight Service or the FAA's own tools. Ordinary notices to air missions (closed runways, lights out) are not shown: the FAA's notice search is not open to sites like this one at this time.
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The airport
- Codes
- FAA OAK · ICAO KOAK
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- Port of Oakland
- Elevation
- 9 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel and services
- 100LL avgas, Jet A; the services card below
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 14E
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 4

For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 10,520 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10R/28L | 6,213 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 10L/28R | 5,457 × 150 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 15/33 | 3,376 × 75 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, 10,000 ft available for landing
- Runway 30: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), threshold displaced 114 ft, 10,000 ft available for landing
- Runway 10R: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 28L: PAPI, four lights on the right
- Runway 10L: PAPI, four lights on the right, 5,336 ft available for landing
- Runway 28R: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, building 11 ft high 530 ft from the end
- Runway 33: right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 133.775 | Oakland |
| Clearance delivery | 121.1 | Oakland |
| Ground Runway 12/30 | 121.75 | Oakland |
| Ground Runway 10L/28R, 10R/28L, 15/33 | 121.9 | Oakland |
| Tower Runway 10L/28R, 10R/28L, 15/33 | 118.3 | Oakland |
| Tower Runway 12/30 | 127.2 | Oakland |
| Tower (secondary) | 124.9 | Oakland |
| Aanet and star · Approach · Class C airspace East; Runway 28L/R | 125.35 | Oakland |
| Approach | 128.325 | Oakland |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure procedure (CNDEL) West | 135.1 | Oakland |
| Approach (secondary) · Class C airspace South | 133.95 | Oakland |
| Approach (secondary) | 134.5 | Oakland |
| Class C airspace · Departure · Departure procedure (HUSSH) Northwest | 120.9 | Oakland |
| Class C airspace · Departure procedure (NIMITZ) North | 127.0 | Oakland |
| Emzoh and star · Panoche and star | 124.525 | Oakland |
| Oakes and star | 124.8 | Oakland |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 510-214-1776.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Based aircraft, as a table
| aircraft | |
|---|---|
| single-engine | 162 |
| multi-engine | 24 |
| jets | 71 |
| helicopters | 7 |
Takeoffs and landings a year about 205,347, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Takeoffs and landings, as a table
| a year | |
|---|---|
| airline | 109,458 |
| air taxi and commuter | 24,947 |
| general aviation, travelling | 28,603 |
| general aviation, local | 41,723 |
| military | 616 |
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in Oakland from the FAA register
89 aircraft are registered to owners in Oakland, California: 57 piston singles, 12 business jets, 6 drones, 5 helicopters, 4 turboprops. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.
Fuel and services as reported to the FAA
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe and engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tie-downs
- Oxygen
- bottled oxygen (high- and low-pressure), bulk oxygen (high- and low-pressure)
- Also here
- air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter flights, flight instruction, aircraft rental, aircraft sales
- Notes
- landing fee charged
Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Hayward Executive (6 nm southeast), San Francisco International (10 nm southwest), San Carlos Airport (13 nm south).
The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.
Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register
Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes in Oakland, by their names on the register:
- Oakland Flyers LLC 2 aircraft Oakland Flyers is a flight training and aircraft rental facility located at Oakland International Airport in California.
Charter operators and airlines based in Oakland:
- PCJ Aviation LLC 15 aircraft on the certificate PCJ Maintenance is a Part 145 repair station offering aircraft maintenance, repairs, and AOG (Aircraft on Ground) support for business jets.
- Kaiser Air (KaiserAir, Inc.) 2 aircraft on the certificate KaiserAir operates two fixed base operations (FBOs) in the San Francisco Bay Area at Oakland International Airport and Charles M.
Companies in the same town as this airport; not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.
Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles
9 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 9 for private pilot, 7 for commercial and instrument, 3 for flight instructor, 3 for sport pilot; 8 for airplanes, 3 for multi-engine airplanes, 1 for seaplanes, 1 for helicopters. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 25 aviation medical examiners, 5 mechanic examiners, 2 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 1 airworthiness representative (manufacturing), 2 engineering representatives, 1 aircraft dispatcher examiner, 2 administrative pilot examiners.
- Terence Wilson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals; airplanes · Sundance Air Services · Alameda, CA (2 nm) · (925) 223-7145 · terence.wilson@gmail.com
- Evan Paraskevopoulos private pilot, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; helicopters · Hayward, CA (6 nm) · (408) 887-0903 · epara@aol.com
- Michael Healey private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, seaplanes · WP 27 Oakland FSDO · Foster City, CA (10 nm) · (650) 430-2730 · mikehealeydpe@gmail.com
- James Courtney Higgins private pilot, commercial and instrument, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · San Carlos, CA (13 nm) · (530) 307-9776 · jimhiggins3@gmail.com
- R Rohlfing private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · West Valley Flying Club - SQL · San Carlos, CA (13 nm) · (408) 234-8423 · scott@attheready.com
- Mark Pollard private pilot; airplanes · Walnut Creek, CA (14 nm) · (925) 595-1980 · mark.m.pollard@gmail.com
- Clayton Miles Conrad private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · San Jose, CA (30 nm) · (140) 866-6696 · clayton.conrad@protonmail.com
- Jennifer Rayne Watson private pilot, commercial and instrument, sport pilot, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · AeroDynamic Aviation · San Jose, CA (30 nm) · (916) 399-3669 · dpejen@gmail.com
All 48 nearby, by kind, with contact details
What each kind does
- DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
- SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
- AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
- DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
- DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
- DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
- DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
- DADE: Designated Aircraft Dispatcher Examiner: tests candidates for the dispatcher certificate.
- Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.
Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 43 since 1982, 7 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out
- Birds on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Traffic pattern altitude runway 28L 606' above sea level; runway 28R 1006' above sea level.
- Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 162 feet in length by 154 feet in width located at the der 28L.
- Runway 15/33 not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- 400 feet by 220 feet blast pad runway 12 and runway 30.
- Noise abatement procedures north/a in emergencies or whenever runway 12/30 is unavailable due to maintenance, safety, winds or weather.
- Aircraft with experimental or ltd certif having over 1000 horsepower or 4000 pounds are rstrd to runway 12/30.
- 100 feet lighted microwave ant tower located 1320 feet wsw of oak vortac; south of upwind end of runway 28L.
- Runways 30, 28R and runway 28L dist rmng signs L side.
- 24 hour noise abatement procedure: tbjt and turbofan pwrd aircraft, turborops over 17000 pounds, FOUR-ENG reciprocating pwrd aircraft, and surplus military aircraft over 12500 pounds should use runway 12/30.
- Taxiway a, east, G, H between runway 28R and taxiway C maximum aircraft WT 150,000 pounds.
- Taxiway G and H between runway 28L and 28R: maximum aircraft WT 12,500 pounds.
Connections how this airport links to the rest of the register
- Aircraft registered in Oakland 89 aircraft · 57 piston singles, 12 business jets, 6 drones
- Pyka INC 6 aircraft in town
- City of Oakland 3 aircraft in town
- Sierra Whiskey Aircraft LLC 2 aircraft in town
- Oakland Flyers LLC 2 aircraft in town
- PCJ Aviation LLC 15 aircraft on the certificate · charter operator
- Kaiser Air (KaiserAir, Inc.) 2 aircraft on the certificate · airline and charter operator
- Oakland Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · flight school
- NTSB accidents and incidents at or near this airport 43 since 1982 · 7 fatal
- Accidents and incidents in California 9,069 since 1982 · 1,094 in the last ten years
- Nearby landing places within 30 nautical miles 8 airports, heliports and seaplane bases
- Public-use airports in California 244 landing places
- California 27,552 aircraft registered
The whole map of how records connect · these connections as data: /graph/airport/OAK.json.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 9, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.
