SFO Airtrain
Mar 1, 2022, 10:46 am
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SFO Airtrain
If I am arriving on either AA from JFK or AS from LAS is it any easier to use the AirTrain or to just walk it to the BART station and vice versa? It doesn't look like that long a walk but I don't know the most direct route or if it is all on the same level.
Mar 1, 2022, 12:04 pm
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It's a brisk 15 minute walk from the exit of either Terminal 1 (AA) or Terminal 2 (AS) to BART, plus the distance from your gate to the exit. There is a signed path the whole way. Airtrain is faster, though I usually walk for the exercise. From T2 there is a shortcut through the lower level garage that can cut the trip in half but there are no signs and you're likely to get lost on your first try.
Mar 1, 2022, 1:29 pm
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The longest part of the AA walk might be getting from the end of the B gates to the front of the terminal.
The entire airport is one big circle, but right now there is a big hole in the ground between T1 and T2, so you can't walk between the two of them (except via the parking garage). I would walk. You can probably walk the entire airport loop landside (except during the current construction) in about 20 minutes.
Mar 5, 2022, 1:16 pm
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I walk from AA, and I take AirTrain from AS. The overall distance is probably very similar, but AS is a very short walk to AirTrain, whereas with AA, by the time you get to AirTrain it's maybe 5 minutes more to walk to BART.
Total time for either should be under 15 minutes unless you get unlucky catching AirTrain from T2.
Total time for either should be under 15 minutes unless you get unlucky catching AirTrain from T2.