Oakland International Airport - Facilities and Aircraft

Facilities and Aircraft

Oakland International Airport covers an area of 2,600 acres (1,100 ha) which contains four runways:

• South Field (Commercial and cargo operations):
  • Runway 11/29: 10,000 ft × 150 ft (3,048 m × 46 m), surface: asphalt
• North Field (general aviation operations):
  • Runway 9R/27L: 6,212 ft × 150 ft (1,893 m × 46 m), surface: asphalt
  • Runway 9L/27R: 5,454 ft × 150 ft (1,662 m × 46 m), surface: asphalt
  • Runway 15/33: 3,372 ft × 75 ft (1,028 m × 23 m), surface: asphalt

A number of general aviation FBOs are located on the North Field:

• Transient aircraft support
  • Business Jet Center
  • Kaiser Air
• Flight schools
  • Alameda Aero Club
  • Lou Fields Aviation
  • Oakland Flyers
• Repair operations
  • Oakland Aircraft Maintenance
• Other
  • Aerial Advertising Services
  • Oakland Aviation Museum, formerly Western Aerospace Museum
  • Pacific Aerial Surveys

For the 12-month period ending December 31, 2008, the airport had 269,631 aircraft operations, an average of 740 per day: 46% general aviation (188,064), 42% scheduled commercial, 12% air taxi and <1% military. There are 277 aircraft based at this airport: 51% single-engine, 34% multi-engine, 10% jet and 4% helicopter.