<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-center">History of Oakland International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">The city of Oakland looked into the construction of an airport starting in 1925. The announcement of the Dole Air Race for a flight from California to Hawaii provided the incentive to purchase 680 acres (280 ha) in April 1927 for the airport. The 7,020-foot-long (2,140 m) runway was the longest in the world at the time and was built just 21 days ahead of the Dole race start. The airport was dedicated by Charles Lindbergh on September 17. In its early days, because of its long runway enabling safe takeoff rolls for fuel-heavy aircraft, Oakland was the departing point of several historic flights, including Charles Kingsford Smith's historic US-Australia flight in 1928 and Amelia Earhart's final flight in 1937. Earhart departed from this airport when she made her final, ill-fated voyage, intending to return there after circumnavigating the globe.The airport's first Jet Age terminal (now Terminal 1) was designed by John Carl Warnecke &amp; Associates and opened in 1962, part of a $20 million expansion on bay fill that included the 10,000-foot (3048 m) runway 11/29 (now 12/30). The May 1963 OAG showed 15 airline flights arriving in Oakland each day, including nine from San Francisco; in June 1963, TWA flew Oakland's first scheduled jet, a Convair 880, to Chicago. American Airlines scheduled service from Oakland to Phoenix, then into Dallas, using the Boeing 720 aircraft. Pacific Southwest Airlines (PSA) provided several flights within California from OAK using Boeing 727 and DC-9 aircraft. United Airlines introduced non-stop service to Chicago and on the San Francisco-Oakland-Los Angeles route using the Boeing 727.</p>
<p class="blog-para">The In 2009, Allegiant Air moved operations from San Francisco International Airport before designating OAK as a focus city. After the bankruptcies of ATA and Aloha Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Hawaiian Airlines replaced their nonstop services to Hawaii. In the same year, Volaris began service to OAK as their first destination in the San Francisco Bay Area and held a commercial agreement with Southwest Airlines until its merger with AirTran Airways in 2011. Malaysia-based AirAsia X honoured its new partners, the Oakland Raiders of the National Football League (NFL). AirAsia X had one of their planes full of its executives and crew members "touch down" at OAK in acknowledgment of the to-be announced sponsorship. AirAsia executives had new optimism that service between the U.S. and the airline's main base in Kuala Lumpur could possibly happen earlier than originally expected but has yet to come to fruition as of 2020.</p>
<h2 class="blog-hed2 pb-lg-4 pb-3 text-lg-left">Transportation of Oakland International Airport</h2>
<p class="blog-para">There are three AC Transit routes that serve Oakland Airport: one route runs during the daytime and early evenings, one route runs at all times, and the last route runs overnights as a part of the Bay Area's All Nighter bus network.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Route 21 provides daytime and early evening service from the airport to the Dimond District via Bay Farm Island, Alameda, and Fruitvale, making a limited connection with the Alameda Harbour Bay Ferry at Bay Farm Island and a full-time connection with BART at Fruitvale station.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Route 73 provides 24/7 service from the airport to the Eastmont Transit Centre via Hegenberger Road and 73rd Avenue, connecting with Amtrak's Capitol Corridor service and BART at Oakland Coliseum station. This route provides a cheaper alternative to BART's Coliseum-Oakland International Airport line.</p>
<p class="blog-para">Route 805 is an all-nighter service from the airport to the Uptown Transit Centre in downtown Oakland. Route 805 supplements Route 73 service to the Eastmont Transit Centre before travelling north on MacArthur Boulevard and Grand Avenue to the Uptown Transit Centre, making a limited connection with Amtrak's Capitol Corridor service at Oakland Coliseum station and additional limited connections with BART at Oakland Coliseum station and 19th Street Oakland station.</p>
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