San Francisco is served by two airports, the Oakland Airport
and the San Francisco International Airport.
Oakland International Airport
You can get to the Oakland Airport by taking Hwy 880 North,
follow the exit signs on 98th or Hegenberger to the airport
entrance. From Hwy 880 South, use the Hegenberger Road Exit.
Merge onto Hegenberger Road and continue straight ahead to the
airport; all lanes lead onto the airport grounds. Leave yourself
plenty of time as traffic mounts on this route.
A taxi from Oakland Airport to downtown San Francisco will
cost around $35.
For more information on the Oakland Airport, check out their official
site.
San Francisco International Airport
The Airport is served by 4 public transit routes; 13 private
scheduled transit
operators;
20 door-to-door van operators (on demand and pre-arranged); 33
hotel courtesy
shuttles; 6 on-Airport rental car shuttles; 7 off-Airport rental
car shuttles; four off-Airport parking
shuttles; approximately 210 charter companies, over 625
limousine operators
and a large taxi fleet. The Airport also offers convenient
access to Amtrak, BART
and Greyhound. The Airport operates a free shuttle between the
Airport and the nearby
Caltrain station.
One of the nicest features of the San Francisco International
Airport are the information booths that are staffed by friendly
and helpful people. Five booths, which are staffed
between
the hours of 8:00 AM and 12 midnight, are located in the baggage
claim area of the
terminal complex. Multi-lingual agents provide information on
ground transportation, Airport
facilities and services, Bay Area lodging accommodations and
cultural events.
The booths are also
equipped with ATT Language Line capability for translation of
over 160 languages. The booths sell transit
"passports" to visitors, which provide discount
transit fares
within the City of San Francisco. The booths currently provide
information to about 8,000 daily passengers.
A taxi from San
Francisco International Airport to downtown San Francisco will
cost around $30.
For more
information, (including destination specific driving directions)
check out the official site at
http://www.sfoairport.com/
