# San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (OAK)

> Oakland, US · IATA: OAK · ICAO: KOAK · Large Airport · Cargo Hub

## Quick Facts

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| IATA | `OAK` |
| ICAO | `KOAK` |
| City | Oakland |
| Country | US |
| Type | Large Airport |
| Elevation | 3 m |
| Cargo | ✅ |
| GPS | 37.72008, -122.22118 |

## Description

FedEx made the call decades ago: Oakland, not San Francisco, would host its West Coast metro hub – and that decision still defines San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK), the Bay Area's principal all-cargo airport. The field handled about 490,000 metric tonnes of air cargo in 2024 (1.08 billion pounds, down 3.1 percent), with UPS and Amazon Air adding to the freighter schedule; rival SFO actually moves slightly more total tonnage, but mostly as belly freight. Passengers – roughly 10.8 million in 2024, largely on Southwest – play the supporting role. Aviation history runs deep here: Amelia Earhart departed Oakland on her final flight in 1937, nine years after the Southern Cross left for the first transpacific crossing. The 2024 renaming to "San Francisco Bay Oakland" made headlines, complete with a lawsuit from the neighbour across the water. The owner is the Port of Oakland, which also runs the container terminals a few miles north – sea-air transfers stay short, I-880 borders the field, and BART connects it to the region.

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