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 and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A).
Weather right now KOAK · observed 1:53 pm PDT (20:53 UTC), 29 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the west-northwest (290°) at 8 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 500 feet
- Temperature 80°F (27°C), dew point 59°F (15°C)
- Altimeter 29.88 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 10:27 am PDT (17:27 UTC), good until Wed 5:00 pm PDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 11:00 am PDT (18:00 UTC): wind from the west at 9 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Tue 7:00 pm PDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the west-southwest at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 300 feet VFR
- From Wed 4:00 am PDT (11:00 UTC): wind from the north-northeast at 3 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 300 feet VFR
- From Wed 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 062053Z 29008KT 10SM FEW005 27/15 A2988 RMK AO2 SLP119 T02670150 58021
TAF KOAK 061727Z 0618/0724 28009KT P6SM SKC FM070200 25004KT P6SM FEW003 FM071100 02003KT P6SM FEW003 FM072000 28010KT 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.
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
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- 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.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
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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, never named. All aircraft registered in California.
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.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- 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.
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 5, 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.