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The proper name of KOAK is "Metropolitan Oakland International Airport".
I would propose we move this page to "Metropolitan Oakland International Airport" and redirect "Oakland International Airport" there (currently the opposite is true). ChadScott 05:10, 11 May 2006 (UTC)
The article's third paragraph currently contains this sentence: In 2004, OAK had 339,163 aircraft movements, and was the 30th busiest airport in the United States. What is meant by "aircraft movements"? Does that mean take-offs and landings, or does it include other types of "movements"? Perhaps someone with subject matter knowledge could make the sentence clearer. - Walkiped 04:01, 13 November 2006 (UTC)
Next question: do touch-and-gos (which OAK has lots of) count as one or two movements? Tim Zukas ( talk) 22:40, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
Please stop adding this and derivatives of this to the incidents section. First, the fuel load between Sacramento and San Diego would not require fuel dumping on any aircraft and, second, the 737 has no fuel dumping capability. Third, the aircraft did not land heavy as it was already under maximum landing weight. -- ChadScott 18:21, 6 June 2007 (UTC)
Before we get into a reverting war here, I just wanted to justify my removal of JetBlue as a "heavy user" of the airport with some statistics.
Presuming JetBlue has 15 scheduled flights daily (unverified), it's less than 10% of the total (the FAA estimates 439 commercial movements daily, 15 flights at two movements each is 30, or 7%). Southwest, on the other hand, has at least 27% (60 flights daily [I got tired of counting... it looks more like 100 - 150], equaling 120 movements, or 27%).
The only heavy volume user of the commercial airfield is Southwest.
ChadScott 02:26, 21 June 2007 (UTC)
According to section 1.3 (5) the WP:Airports format (Airlines and destinations), the term "destinations" includes not only "non-stop" flights, but also service that continues to another city under the same flight number and without change of aircraft. (5. List non-stop and direct flights only. That means the flight number and the aircraft, starts at this airport and continues to one or more airports. Avoid using the description 'via' since that is more correctly listed as another destination. If passengers can not disembark at a stop on a direct flight, then do not list it as a destination or as 'via'. Direct flights are not always non-stop flights. ...") Under these criteria, "Philadelphia" thus clearly qualifies as a SWA "destination" from Oakland as the airline currently operates twice daily such "direct" service between the two cities in both directions with only a single stop at Chicago-Midway from which each flight continues on to Philadelphia or Oakland with "no change in plane or flight number". (Under these criteria some other SWA cities such as Baltimore/Washington and Manchester, etc also quaiify as destinations.) The carrier has also operated this route as a non-stop service (and may very well may again in the future) on flights which I have personally flown four times, and the company also still lists Philadelphia as a non-stop destination from Oakland on the internet on its "City Fact Sheet" for the Oakland Airport" ( Centpacrr ( talk) 10:46, 12 March 2008 (UTC)).
While Volaris is a major addition for OAK, I would like to emphasize the following, in connection with the previous discussion topic: this airline is currently scheduled to fly non-stop to only 3 destinations. As for all of the others that were added to the table, they are _not_ nonstop, requiring a connection via Tijuana. Today, for the second time now, over the last small number of weeks, I have had to delete them. This time however, not to ignore them as destinations, I moved such info to the 'upcoming service' section, while adding a link to the main website's home page. There, for the last few days anyway, has been a map and mention of the destinations. Thank you for understanding, and I hope that helps. Dlikuski ( talk) 10:50, 9 July 2009 (UTC)
The "Military Aircraft Mistake" section is a bit heavy as per WP:DUE, relative to the other sections of the article, and relative to it's brief and thin coverage in the news media. I'm inclined to pare it back a bit to something a bit more concise. Please provide feedback or edit as appropriate. CriticalChris 10:04, 23 July 2009 (UTC)
Yes, I agree. The airport has played a major role for Oakland's transportation for so long now. I find it disturbing that a negative incident being too wordy, diverts one's attention from the overall article. Dlikuski ( talk) 10:50, 5 August 2009 (UTC)
Hello. I found it to be best to move the most recently-added OAC information to the transportation section, as opposed to having it in the history section. It seems more fitting in 'transportation', as it is a future project relating to such; that, as opposed to being a part of the airport's history. This also helps mesh the end of the history section (lost service) with the following section: 'added service, 2009 and beyond'. On a related note, to clarify that OAC isn't part of _current_ transportation, I put the word "future"(:) ahead of it, as part of the sub-header for that section. I also removed the old OAC info from years ago that some of us contributed to; it seems to be summarized better in the new material along with the links. As controversial as the OAC project has been over the last year or so, it is fitting for this article. If anyone feels however, that it should have its own article, please mention so. Min1Phoeb2 ( talk) 07:15, 13 September 2010 (UTC)
I suggest that a photo showing the carriers largely represented at OAK, be the first one. In the current one, a Continental plane shows, and that airline is long gone from the airport. The large Delta plane also shown, is only used one or two flights daily. Does anyone have a pic taken of the control tower from the other side of terminal 1 (near T-2)? That way, airlines such as Alaska, Horizon, and Southwest can all possibly be shown instead...similar to the photo further down in the article. Also, the weather conditions shown in the current picture (background of the control tower) make it seems as if there is a major haze/smog problem. Just some thoughts. Dlikuski ( talk) 09:30, 22 December 2009 (UTC)
"The 16-gate facility featured the airport's first jetways."
I deleted that sentence, which gives the impression the terminal had jetways in 1962. When did it actually get them-- early 1980s? Tim Zukas ( talk) 22:43, 19 September 2010 (UTC)
I just uploaded File:Aerial view of Oakland International Airport.jpg (right), taken recently. Feel free to use if useful. Dcoetzee 19:53, 26 July 2011 (UTC)
No big deal here, yet is it necessary to include the link for each new April Allegiant route in the table? Is having one enough, considering all of the listed dates are the same or one apart? Also, should we drop the 2012 listings for all upcoming service, if by default, new service happens this year if no listing? Thanks all for considering, and happy editing. Min1Phoeb2 ( talk) 06:33, 25 January 2012 (UTC)
Please modify transatlantic map so that OAK-TER is also drawn, thanks. Ssredg ( talk) 22:11, 25 November 2013 (UTC)
The introduction dubiously says that OAK is the closest airport geographically and via BART to the San Francisco financial district. While the geographic claim is literally true, this traces a line across the Bay and the actual path through roads or BART appears to be 5 miles longer. The BART claim is also dubious because while the trip on BART from the Coliseum/Oakland Airport station to the Financial District is shorter than the trip from the SFO station, this does not account for the time it takes to get to the BART station from the airport and OAK is considerably farther away from its BART station than SFO is.
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Does anyone else feel that this section should be completely removed, considering that much of the content of additions still existing at OAK are also found in the 'Airlines & Destinations' (A&D) table? I created this section years ago when it was preceded by alot of the cuts that the airport suffered during the "Great Recession" years (i.e. the liquidation of ATA, and pullouts of airlines). However, now that OAK is thriving quite well, perhaps we can consolidate all of the additions into a small paragraph noting the recovery, with a reference to the A&D table. Thoughts? MinPhoeb1 ( talk) 08:15, 14 February 2017 (UTC)
American Airlines plans to suspend service to Dallas/Fort Worth come this Friday (July 5th, 2019). I've already edited the listing, but since American has stated its intention to resume the route at some point later this year if possible I think it would be better to list the destination as suspended rather than removing it entirely when the day comes. Viero223 ( talk) 17:29, 3 July 2019 (UTC)
I realize that this came up as a sub-topic over a decade ago, yet just a courtesy reminder to those editing in the lead, to please refrain from listing OAK as a hub for SWA; the correct term is focus city. The airline flies on a point-to-point system as opposed to hub-and-spoke, hence the reasoning for this. Theoretically, the airport is also an operating base and [crew] domicile for the airline, yet that would have complicated matters in the lead so I just kept it listed as focus city along with Allegiant. OAK is only currently a hub, cargo-wise, for Fed-Ex Express, so that is properly listed. Thank you, and please provide any further feedback if need be. PhoebeMin1 ( talk) 04:56, 7 July 2019 (UTC)
Good morning, OAK-editors. Based on the SWA schedule extension through mid-April, resuming dates for IND, MSP and SAT have now been added, although the former is only seasonal during the early-winter (holiday season); the latter two continue up through the schedule extension. I also had to move a few routes to/from the seasonal section based on the SWA flight-booking section of their website, after going through it day-by-day. PhoebeMin1 ( talk) 11:19, 9 October 2019 (UTC)
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At the time of writing the name of this article is San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport but that is only a proposed name. It hasn't actually been renamed yet.
"Port spokesperson Robert Bernardo said the name change must go through a second reading among the commissioners for it to be officially implemented."
https://sfstandard.com/2024/04/11/oakland-airport-san-francisco-international-name-change/
"Oakland International Airport"
https://www.oaklandairport.com/ David G ( talk) 02:10, 12 April 2024 (UTC)
There has been some news coverage lately of how Oakland is often confused with Auckland and that is one of the reasons for the proposed name change:
https://www.sfgate.com/travel/article/port-oakland-approve-airport-change-sf-bay-area-19398706.php
At some point, someone needs to add this information to the article. I am too busy right now. Coolcaesar ( talk) 06:21, 23 April 2024 (UTC)