Oakland International Airport Master Plan Chapter 2: Summary of Existing Conditions Chapter 2: Summary of Existing Conditions “Preparation is rightly two-thirds of any venture.” — Amelia Earhart 11 2.1 Background and three international scheduled passenger airlines Land-Use Color Designations Table 2.1 currently serve OAK, with Southwest Airlines being the Land-Use Color Typical Uses OAK is located in the City of Oakland, about 6.5 largest, handling 57% of the airline passengers flying in Airfield Blue Taxiways, taxiway safety areas, runways, runway safety areas, runway statute miles southeast of downtown Oakland in and out of OAK (in calendar year 2004). The second and object free areas Alameda County along San Francisco Bay. The Airport third largest scheduled passenger airlines are JetBlue Passenger Facilities Purple Passenger terminals, remain overnight (RON) aircraft parking, vehicle is 2,600 acres, including 327 acres of wetlands under Airways and United Airlines, serving 10% and 8% of the parking, rental car facilities jurisdiction of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The airline passengers, respectively. Cargo Pink Cargo airline sort facilities and cargo aircraft parking ramps surrounding cities include Alameda (to the northwest), Airline-Related Support Burnt Orange Fuel storage and handling facilities, catering / provisioning facilities, Oakland (to the north), and San Leandro (to the south- In calendar year 2004, OAK accommodated approxi- airport rescue and firefighting facility, ground runup enclosure east). Access to OAK is primarily by Interstate Highway mately 0.7 million annual tons of air cargo (freight plus General Aviation Orange General aviation passenger terminals, hangars, and aircraft 880, Hegenberger Road, and 98th Avenue to Airport mail) and was the 12th busiest in the United States in parking ramps Drive (to access South Field). Other major roadways terms of cargo weight, according to Airport Council Aviation-Related Business Yellow Aircraft engine manufacturer complex, Airport Facilities Maintenance complex, aviation museum, Port offices, etc. serving OAK include Doolittle Drive / State Route 61, International-North America. The Airport is served by Harbor Bay Parkway, Ron Cowan Parkway, and Davis FedEx, the largest air cargo operator at OAK, handling Recreation Green Golf course, City of Oakland soccer fields Street / State Route 61. over 80% of the air cargo in and out of the Airport (by Undesignated Turquoise Airport land not used for an aviation use at this time weight, in calendar year 2004), as well as United Parcel OAK is a primary commercial service airport with four Service (at almost 15% by weight in calendar year 2004), runways: one primary air carrier runway at South Field ABX Air / DHL, Ameriflight, as well as some smaller air including Terminals 1 and 2, and air cargo facilities 2.3 Existing Airport Data (Runway 11-29) and three runways at North Field cargo feeders. (approximately 104 acres), the largest of which is the (Runway 9R-27L, Runway 9L-27R, and Runway 15-33). FedEx Metroplex (their west coast hub operation). Figure 2.2 presents existing conditions data for OAK. The Airport is served by several passenger and cargo 2.2 Existing Land-Use Map North Field (the Airport area north of Ron Cowan It summarizes general Airport characteristics, Airport airlines. In calendar year 2004, OAK accommodated Parkway) contains a variety of aviation land uses, the employment data, operational statistics, North Field and approximately 14 million annual passengers (enplaning Figure 2.1 shows an existing land-use map of OAK. The largest of which is general aviation (approximately 85 South Field land-use data, runway data, and instrument plus deplaning) and was the 33rd busiest in the U.S. in colors on the map represent the types of aviation land acres), including aircraft hangars, ramps, and two fixed approach capabilities. terms of total passengers, according to Airports Council use, which are summarized in Table 2.1. base operators, KaiserAir and Business Jet Center. International-North America. The Airport currently has North Field also accommodates some air cargo Of particular interest is the intensity of usage of the 24 aircraft gates at two terminals: Terminal 1 with 16 The largest aviation land use at OAK is Airfield, which is facilities (approximately 30 acres), including ABX passenger terminal facilities at South Field (see right-most aircraft gates and Terminal 2 with 8 aircraft gates. A approximately 1,078 acres. South Field, which is defined Air / DHL and Ameriflight. column in Figure 2.2). In June 2004, each of the existing net five new aircraft gates are under construction at as the Airport area south of Ron Cowan Parkway, is domi- 24 aircraft gates at OAK had, on average, 8.6 departures Terminal 2, scheduled to open in early 2007 (called the nated by Passenger Facilities (approximately 208 acres), Terminal 2 renovation / extension project). Ten domestic Oakland International Airport Master Plan Chapter 2: Summary of Existing Conditions 12 per day, with over 10 departures per day on average such as Boeing 747s. Although these widebody aircraft for the 12 aircraft gates used by Southwest Airlines. use the gate longer, they seat more airline passengers This compares to just over 6 departures per gate per than the smaller narrowbody fleet (e.g., in the case of a day (from 31 gates) at Mineta San José International Boeing 747, almost three times as many as a typical new Airport and just over 4 departures per gate per day Boeing 737, a typical narrowbody aircraft at OAK). In (from 98 gates) at San Francisco International Airport. April 2004, OAK accommodated 49,618 passengers per The national average is about 5.5 departures per gate gate on average (from 24 aircraft gates), and 58,727 per day. Although it is generally considered good passengers per gate from the 12 gates used by management practice to maximize use of resources such Southwest Airlines. This compares to slightly over 30,000 as aircraft gates, the terminal facilities (Terminals 1 and 2) passengers per gate at Mineta San José International at OAK are generally overstressed and provide a poor Airport and slightly over 28,000 passengers per gate at level of service for airline passengers. Examples of poor San Francisco International Airport for all of April 2004. level of service in Terminals 1 and 2 include crowded corridors, hold rooms, restrooms, and concessions. This concept of departures and passengers per gate and level of service will be important in Chapter 4, where the A better measure to compare gate use at different number of aircraft gates required to serve future airline airports is passengers per gate because airports can be passenger demand is discussed in detail. served by different size aircraft (in terms of the number of seats per aircraft). Some types of aircraft can take longer to unload, load, and service, increasing the time the aircraft must be parked at the gate and decreasing the number of possible departures per gate per day. For example, San Francisco International Airport is a major international gateway served by many widebody aircraft, San Leandro Bay Figure 2.1 Doolittle Drive rive Pardee D A City of Oakland ir p Heg o r t enb 98t A c Swan Way c h A h er e s ger Rd. s ve. R d . Doolittle Drive Old Ea rhart Rd . Langley St. 15 Earhart Rd. D C Air R N 27 por Metropolitan Harbor Bay Parkway A M E t Driv Golf Links D L e 13 J C March 2006 33 L 27 G Q H 9 L NORTH FIELD P F K North Air Traffic Control Tower Oakland J Maintenance Center Hangar 9 Catering R Jet Fuel Building City of Storage San Leandro Oakland International Airport Oakland International Master Plan Existing Land-Use Map Existing Land-Use Oakland VOR ay W ard ay Southwest te w y Edw Cowan Park R B Provisioning Neil Arms Whi Ron Building trong Way City of Alameda L E G E N D e riv D Air Cargo Wa Cargo Air nn le Airfield G n h o Passenger Facilities J Federal Alan Cargo Shepard Express Way Airline-Related Support General Aviation Proposed New Cargo Air Traffic Building Aviation-Related Business Control Tower Recreation Terminal 2 Undesignated Central Basin Terminal 1 South Air Traffic Buildings Control Tower Runways SOUTH FIELD Taxiways Roadways T Future Roadways Land Ground Runup Enclosure Water Wetlands Bay Trail Map not to scale W Y V U 11 29 San Francisco Bay Note: This graphic was prepared by the Port of Oakland as part of a master plan for Oakland International Airport. The master plan examined many possible ideas and planning concepts. This graphic is conceptual in nature and for planning purposes only. It does not propose any particular course of action (it might represent an idea or concept that was discarded), and must be interpreted in the context of the entire master plan document. Airport Setting Operations/Statistics South Field Air Cargo Figure 2.2 (Rankings by Airports Council International for 2004) The original Oakland Airport was built in 1927 at North Field South Field has one runway (11/29), which provides service 1.0 • 14.1 million passengers in 2004 (33rd busiest U.S. airport) Actual Data and is still in operation today serving smaller aircraft for • Over 741,600 tons of air cargo shipped in 2004, to larger commercial aircraft, including turbo-jet and 0.9 air cargo, general aviation and corporate jet activities. mail and freight (12th busiest U.S. airport) turbo-fan aircraft, four-engine reciprocating powered aircraft 0.8 Commercial passenger and cargo jet aircraft operate from and turbo-props over 17,000 pounds. • Over 210 scheduled aircraft departing daily 0.7 South Field, which opened in 1962.