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Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport

Oakland, California (United States)
IATA: OAK ICAO: KOAK
Longest Active Runway
10,520 ft
3,206 meters
Field Elevation
9 ft
3 m MSL
Runway Inventory
4 active
Lighted / Paved
Coordinates & Class
37.7201°, -122.2212°
LARGE AIRPORT
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Derived Facts, National & Global Rankings

National Runway Rank
#135 in United States
Out of 2020 commercial aerodromes
Global Runway Rank
#712 Worldwide
Top 9.4% percentile
Elevation Ranking
#7097 MSL
Top 96.9% percentile
vs Large Airport Median
+5.2%
Compared to 10,000 ft baseline

💡 Database Insight: Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport's longest active runway measures 10,520 ft (3,206 m). It ranks as the #135 longest runway in United States and #712 worldwide among indexed commercial aerodromes.

🛫 Physical Runway Inventory & Surface Engineering

Runway Designator Length (ft / m) Width (ft / m) Surface Material Lighting Status
12/30 10,520 ft (3206m) 150 ft (46m) Asphalt (ASP) ✅ Lighted ✅ Active
10R/28L 6,213 ft (1894m) 150 ft (46m) Asphalt (ASP) ✅ Lighted ✅ Active
10L/28R 5,457 ft (1663m) 150 ft (46m) Asphalt (ASP) ✅ Lighted ✅ Active
15/33 3,376 ft (1029m) 75 ft (23m) Asphalt (ASP) ✅ Lighted ✅ Active

🧭 Comparative Aerodromes (100 NM Radius, ≥5,000 ft Paved)

Great-circle Haversine spatial proximity matching for commercial facilities with paved runway capacity within 100 NM.

Aerodrome Name IATA Distance Longest Runway Lighting
San Francisco International Airport (San Francisco) SFO 9.5 NM (17.6 km) 11,870 ft ✅ Lighted
Mineta San Jose International Airport (San Jose) SJC 25.6 NM (47.4 km) 11,000 ft ✅ Lighted

🛡️ Data Provenance & Verification Metadata

Source Dataset: OurAirports Open Aviation Database
Snapshot Version: 2026-09-01
Verification Method: SHA-256 Checksum Lock
Calculation Model: Haversine Great-Circle
Machine-readable endpoint: GET /api/airport/oak.json ↗