The following

airport An airport is an aerodrome with extended facilities, mostly for commercial air transport. Airports usually consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surfa ...

s are in the area around the

San Francisco Bay San Francisco Bay is a large tidal estuary in the U.S. state of California, and gives its name to the San Francisco Bay Area. It is dominated by the big cities of San Francisco, San Jose, and Oakland. San Francisco Bay drains water f ...

, including the cities of San Jose,

San Francisco San Francisco (; Spanish for " Saint Francis"), officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the commercial, financial, and cultural center of Northern California. The city proper is the fourth most populous in California and 17t ...

, and

Oakland Oakland is the largest city and the county seat of Alameda County, California, United States. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the largest city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area, the third largest city overall in the Bay ...

. 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

The Bay Area has four airports with airline service. *

San Francisco International Airport San Francisco International Airport is an international airport in an unincorporated area of San Mateo County, south of Downtown San Francisco. It has flights to points throughout North America and is a major gateway to Europe, the Middl ...

(KSFO) — Class B airspace * Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport (KSJC) — Class C airspace *

Oakland International Airport Oakland International Airport is an international airport in Oakland, California, United States, 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown located in the San Francisco Bay Area. It is owned by the Port of Oakland and has domestic passenger ...

(KOAK) — Class C airspace * Charles M. Schulz–Sonoma County Airport (KSTS) — Class D airspace

Federal airports

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

Moffett Federal Airfield Moffett Federal Airfield , also known as Moffett Field, is a joint civil-military airport located in an unincorporated part of Santa Clara County, California, United States, between northern Mountain View and northern Sunnyvale. On November 10 ...

(KNUQ) in Mountain View and Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County *

Travis Air Force Base Travis Air Force Base is a United States Air Force base under the operational control of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), located three miles (5 km) east of the central business district of the city of Fairfield, in Solano County, California ...

(KSUU) in Fairfield, Solano County

General aviation airports

Towered

The following

general aviation General aviation (GA) is defined by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) as all civil aviation aircraft operations with the exception of commercial air transport or aerial work, which is defined as specialized aviation services ...

airports have enough traffic to have an

air traffic control tower Air traffic control (ATC) is a service provided by ground-based air traffic controllers who direct aircraft on the ground and through a given section of controlled airspace, and can provide advisory services to aircraft in non-controlled airsp ...

. These airports have Class D airspace. * Buchanan Field Airport (KCCR) in Concord, Contra Costa County *

Hayward Executive Airport Hayward Executive Airport is a municipal airport in Hayward, California. The National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015 categorized it as a ''reliever airport''. The towered airport near the east shore of San Francisco Bay w ...

(KHWD) in Hayward, Alameda County *

Livermore Municipal Airport Livermore Municipal Airport is three miles west of Livermore, California, in Alameda County, California. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2017–2021 categorized it as a regional relieve ...

(KLVK) in Livermore, Alameda County *

Napa County Airport Napa County Airport (Napa Valley Airport) is a public airport five miles (8 km) south of Napa, in Napa County, California, United States. It has three runways. During 2008 the airport's 1960-era control tower received extensive radio, plum ...

(KAPC) in Napa, Napa County *

Palo Alto Airport Palo Alto Airport is a general aviation airport in the city of Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, California, United States, near the south end of San Francisco Bay on the western shore. Facilities Palo Alto Airport covers and has one as ...

(KPAO) in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County *

Reid–Hillview Airport Reid–Hillview Airport of Santa Clara County is in the eastern part of San Jose, in Santa Clara County, California, United States. It is owned by Santa Clara County and is near the Evergreen district of San Jose where aviation pioneer John J. ...

(KRHV) in San Jose, Santa Clara County * San Carlos Airport (KSQL) in San Carlos, San Mateo County

Non-towered

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 In aviation, an instrument approach or instrument approach procedure (IAP) is a series of predetermined maneuvers for the orderly transfer of an aircraft operating under instrument flight rules from the beginning of the initial approach to a land ...

, or Class G airspace otherwise. *

Angwin–Parrett Field Virgil O. Parrett Field or Angwin Airport is a public use airport located one nautical mile (1.85 km) east of the central business district of Angwin, in Napa County, California, United States. It is owned by Pacific Union College. It is ...

(2O3) in Angwin, Napa County *

Byron Airport Byron Airport is a public airport two miles south of Byron, in Contra Costa County, California, United States. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2007–2011 categorized it as a ''reliever airport''. About On the lee side ...

(C83) in Byron, Contra Costa County *

Cloverdale Municipal Airport Cloverdale Municipal Airport is a public airport located three miles (4.8 km) southeast of Cloverdale, serving Sonoma County, California, United States. It is mostly used for general aviation. Other activities at the airport include skydiv ...

(O60) in Cloverdale, Sonoma County * Gnoss Field (KDVO) in Novato, Marin County *

Half Moon Bay Airport Eddie Andreini Sr. Airfield, officially Half Moon Bay Airport is a public airport in San Mateo County, northwest of Half Moon Bay, California, United States. The airport is on the Pacific Coast, south of San Francisco. History The Half Moon ...

(KHAF) in Half Moon Bay, San Mateo County *

Healdsburg Municipal Airport Healdsburg Municipal Airport is three miles (4.8 km) northwest of Healdsburg, serving Sonoma County, California, United States. Facilities The airport covers 50 acres; its single runway, 13/31, is 2,707 x 60 ft (825 x 18 m), asphalt ...

(KHES) in Healdsburg, Sonoma County * Hollister Municipal Airport (KCVH) in Hollister, San Benito County *

Nut Tree Airport Nut Tree Airport is a county-owned public-use airport located two nautical miles (3.7 km) northeast of the central business district of Vacaville, in Solano County, California, United States. The airport is near the junction of Interstate ...

(KVCB) in Vacaville, Solano County *

Petaluma Municipal Airport Petaluma Municipal Airport is a public airport one mile (1.6 km) northeast of Petaluma, in Sonoma County, California, United States. It covers and has one runway measuring 3601 x 75 feet. It is used for general aviation. FedEx feeder flies ...

(O69) in Petaluma, Sonoma County *

Rio Vista Municipal Airport Rio Vista Municipal Airport is a public airport located three miles (4.8 km) northwest of Rio Vista, serving Solano County, California, USA. This general aviation airport covers and has two runways and one helipad. The airport is the cur ...

(O88) in Rio Vista, Solano County *

Sonoma Skypark Sonoma Skypark is a public-use airport located three nautical miles (6 km) southeast of the central business district of Sonoma, a city in Sonoma County, California, United States. It is privately owned by Sonoma Skypark, Inc. The ...

(0Q9) in Sonoma, Sonoma County *

Sonoma Valley Airport Sonoma Valley Airport is a public-use airstrip founded in 1946 by Wally Reichelt in Sonoma, California, United States. Its first California-certificated runway opened in August 1959. Located south of central district of Sonoma (4.76 mi, ...

(0Q3) in Sonoma, Sonoma County *

San Martin Airport San Martin Airport (formerly ''South County Airport of Santa Clara County'', colloquially ''South County Airport'') — formerly Q99 — is a public non-towered airport located one mile (1.6 km) east of San Martin, serving Santa C ...

(E16) in San Martin, Santa Clara County * Watsonville Municipal Airport (KWVI) in Watsonville, Santa Cruz County

Notable historical airports

Naval Air Station Alameda Naval Air Station Alameda (NAS Alameda) was a United States Navy Naval Air Station in Alameda, California, on San Francisco Bay. NAS Alameda had two runways: 13–31 measuring and 07-25 measuring . Two helicopter pads and a control tower were ...

in Alameda, Alameda County (closed 1997) * Alum Rock Airport in San Jose, Santa Clara County (closed approximately 1936) *

Crissy Field Crissy Field is a public recreation area on the northern shore of the San Francisco Peninsula in California, United States, located just east of the Golden Gate Bridge. It includes restored tidal marsh and beaches. Crissy Field is a former Un ...

in the City and County of San Francisco (airfield closed 1974) *

Hamilton Air Force Base Hamilton may refer to: People * Hamilton (name), a common British surname and occasional given name, usually of Scottish origin, including a list of persons with the surname ** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland ** Lord Hamilt ...

in Novato, Marin County (closed 1996) * Santa Cruz Skypark in Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz County (closed 1983) * Carmel Valley Airport in

Carmel Valley, California Carmel Valley is an unincorporated community in Monterey County, California, United States. The term "Carmel Valley" generally refers to the Carmel River watershed east of California State Route 1, and not specifically to the smaller Carmel ...

(closed 2002)

Former airports

Antioch Airport Antioch Airport was an airport located in Antioch, California that was closed in 1989. Ownership Gerald Sander Graham once owned the old Antioch Airport. He was a convict who had been incarcerated in 1960 and 1968 of child molestation and pedop ...

in Antioch, California
Fremont Airport
(identifier Q59) in Fremont, California * Montgomery Field / Marina Airfield, now called

Marina Green The Marina Green in San Francisco, California, is a expanse of grass between Fort Mason and the Presidio. It is adjacent to San Francisco Bay, and this location provides good views of the Golden Gate Bridge, Angel Island, Alcatraz Island, and ...

(Airmail Facility), San Francisco, California, formerly named after aviation pioneer

John Joseph Montgomery John Joseph Montgomery (February 15, 1858 – October 31, 1911) was an American inventor, physicist, engineer, and professor at Santa Clara University in Santa Clara, California, who is best known for his invention of controlled heavier-than-a ...

* Sky Sailing Gliderport in Fremont California * Vacaville Airport/Vacaville Gliderport, in Vacaville, California