|
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (IATA: SJC, ICAO: KSJC, FAA LID: SJC) is a medium-sized airport in San Jose, California. It is located
at the north end of the city, near the intersections of three major freeways, Highway 101, Interstate 880, and Highway 87.
Despite San Jose's position as the most populous city in the San Francisco Bay Area, SJC is the smallest of the three Bay Area airports offering
scheduled service (10.9 million passengers annual in 2006), with less than one third the passengers of the region's major international airport San
Francisco International Airport (SFO), and fewer passengers than Oakland International Airport (OAK). Like the Oakland airport, it attracts suburban
residents who find SFO to be inconveniently distant from their homes. It also serves as a "reliever" airport, providing access to the Bay Area market
for discount carriers that are unwilling to deal with the delays due to weather, especially fog, that plague SFO.
|