San Jose Mercury News
Oakland Airport in August accommodated slightly over 977,300 passengers, which was down 10.1% from the same month the year before. The East Bay airport’s June passenger totals were down 5.8% from the year before while the July totals were down 7.1% from the same month in 2022.
In 2019, San Jose International Airport handled a record-high 15.65 million passengers. But for the 12 months that ended in August 2023, the air travel hub accommodated just 12.15 million passengers, which was 22.4% below the lofty heights of 2019.
Similarly, Oakland International Airport accommodated 13.38 million passengers in 2019. However, over the 12 months ending in August of this year, the aviation complex handled just 11.38 million passengers, which was down 15% from the 2019 total. Oakland Airport’s all-time high came in 2018.