The City of Oakland and OAK celebrate the Hegenberger Road/98th Avenue Gateway Projects in June, improving roadway access to the airport. OAK gains three daily nonstop flights to Chicago-Midway when Southwest Airlines inaugurates service in April. OAK gains more transcontinental service as American Airlines adds service to New York/JFK in March and JetBlue Airways and United Airlines inaugurate service to Washington/Dulles in May. OAK handles more than 10.6 million passengers and 700,000 metric tons of air cargo in 2000. This action allows the Port of Oakland to move forward with its plans to expand and improve OAK. The Federal Aviation Administration issues a Record of Decision announcing a “Finding of No Significant Impact” upon the environmental assessment for the Airport Development Program in December. More than one million passengers (1,013,726) traveled through OAK during the month of August, the first time ever in the airport’s 73-year history.Īerzone Business Centers (Laptop Lane), “Your Office on-the-Go”, opens its first California location at OAK in October. OAK gains three daily nonstop flights to the New York area in August - Continental Airlines with two flights to Newark International Airport (EWR) and JetBlue with one flight to John F. OAK becomes the first airport in the San Francisco Bay Area and the second in California to meet the state’s noise requirement that airports achieve a zero noise impact on surrounding communities.Ĭontinental Airlines launches twice-daily nonstop service to Houston in June. OAK boards its ten millionth passenger in a 12-month period (April 1, 1999-March 30, 2000), the first time in the airport’s 73-year history. The airport is a thriving business, having served more than 14 million passengers and nearly 700,000 tons (1.43 billion pounds) of air cargo annually.Īloha Airlines launches nonstop service to Honolulu and Maui in February. Commercial passenger and cargo jet aircraft operate from South Field, which opened in 1962. The original airport at North Field was built in 1927 and is still in operation today for air cargo, general aviation and corporate jet activities.
The airport complex and other OAK-related aviation businesses employ approximately 8,000 people, of which roughly one-third work in jobs related to cargo. According to a 2001 economic impact report, the airport was responsible for infusing $4.5 billion annually into the local economy and is responsible for generating 5,500 induced jobs such as those that provide service for visitor/tourism jobs, such as hotel staff, taxi and charter bus drivers and tour guides. A History of Aviation Excellence and Importance to the Communityįor more than 80 years, Oakland International Airport (OAK) has been an important force in aviation history and a contributor to the economic well being of the San Francisco Bay Area.
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