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List of airports in the San Francisco Bay Area

San Francisco International Airport

The following airports are in the area around the San Francisco Bay, including the cities of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland. The list includes only public-use and/or government-owned airports in the eleven counties (the nine counties that border the bay, plus Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties) that make up the Census Bureau's San Jose–San Francisco–Oakland, CA Combined Statistical Area.

Commercial airports

aerial view of SFO

The Bay Area has four airports with airline service.

Federal airports

Moffett Field

The following airports are operated by the federal government and are not open to the public. These airports have Class D airspace.

General Aviation towered airports

Reid–Hillview Airport, view from east

The following General Aviation airports have enough traffic to have an air traffic control tower. These airports have Class D airspace.

General Aviation non-towered airports

San Martin Airport, view from northeast

The following airports do not have control towers, but are listed by their owners as open to the public. Pilots announce runway and airspace usage via radio contact. These airports have Class E airspace for those with an FAA-published instrument approach procedure, or Class G airspace otherwise.

Notable historical airports

  • Naval Air Station Alameda in Alameda, Alameda County (closed 1997)
  • Alum Rock Airport in San Jose, Santa Clara County (closed approximately 1936)
  • Crissy Field in the City and County of San Francisco (airfield closed 1974)
  • Hamilton Air Force Base in Novato, Marin County (closed 1996)
  • Santa Cruz Sky Park in Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz County (closed 1983)
  • Carmel Valley Airport in Carmel Valley, California (closed 2002)

Former airports

  • Antioch Airport in Antioch, California
  • Montgomery Field / Marina Airfield, now called Marina Green (Airmail Facility), San Francisco, California, formerly named after aviation pioneer John Joseph Montgomery
  • Vacaville Airport/Vacaville Gliderport, in Vacaville, California

See also

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