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Oakland International Airport, officially Metropolitan Oakland International Airport, (IATA: OAK, ICAO: KOAK, FAA LID: OAK) is an international airport in Oakland, California, United States. The airport is located 7 miles (11 km) south of Downtown Oakland and 12 miles (19 km) east of San Francisco , serving the East Bay of the San Francisco Bay ...
In 1949 the airport added runways 3L/21R and 9L/27R, followed by runway 4R/22L in 1950. In 1946-47 most airline traffic moved from the cramped Detroit City Airport (now Coleman A. Young International Airport) northeast of downtown Detroit to Willow Run Airport over 20 miles (32 km) west of the city, and 10 miles (16 km) west of Wayne County ...
On April 5, 1982, a Beech 95 Travel Air crashed at Oakland County Airport. [9] On December 11, 1984, a Piper PA-31 Navajo crashed at Oakland County Airport. [10] On July 4, 1987, a Beech S35 crashed at Oakland County Airport. [11] On January 10, 1988, a Fairchild SA226T Merlin crashed while operating at the airport. [12]
Commercial service – primary airports: Alpena: APN: APN KAPN Alpena County Regional Airport: P-N 11,614 Detroit: DTW: DTW KDTW Detroit Metro Wayne County Airport: P-L 17,436,837 Escanaba: ESC: ESC KESC Delta County Airport: P-N 18,474 Flint: FNT: FNT KFNT Bishop International Airport: P-N 361,709 Grand Rapids: GRR: GRR KGRR Gerald R. Ford ...
The name “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” is off-limits to Oakland’s airport — at least for now.
In May, California’s “Metropolitan Oakland International” changed its name to “San Francisco Bay Oakland International Airport” – despite the fact that San Francisco International ...
Coleman A. Young (1918–1997), former mayor of Detroit, and airport's namesake; Detroit Metropolitan Airport, the larger international airport and currently the primary passenger airport in the Detroit area; List of airports in Michigan; Oakland County International Airport, a major general aviation and business airport in neighboring Oakland ...
The Port of Oakland decided on the change in April, aiming to increase the visibility of the airport. But the city of San Francisco quickly took issue with the name.