Fewer people are flying through Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (OAK). The airport's August 2026 monthly activity report shows 684,346 passengers, down 15.57% from 810,584 in August 2025. For the calendar year through August, OAK counted 5,302,998 passengers, down 15.09% from 6,245,240.
The numbers
- Departing (enplaning) passengers: 332,379 in August, down 17.10%.
- Arriving (deplaning) passengers: 351,967, down 14.08%.
- Aircraft movements: 12,417, down 27.37%.
- Restaurant and bar revenue: down 10.25%, while car rental revenue was up 4.63%.
- Air freight: roughly flat, up 0.49%.
How the other airports did
The Mercury News reports all three major Bay Area airports had fewer passengers in August than in July, after World Cup crowds left. Year over year, San Jose Mineta handled just under 865,000 passengers in August, down 11.2%, while SFO had about 5.03 million, up 4.1%. Over the 12 months ending in August, the Mercury News reports Oakland handled 8.28 million passengers, 13.7% fewer than a year earlier (the airport's own report puts the rolling total at 8,268,267, down 14.05%), and remains 38.1% below 2019, compared with 36.7% at San Jose and 3.8% at SFO.
Other numbers
The airport's report also shows daily parking lot exits down 10.51% and BART connector riders to the airport down 13.68% in August. The airport publishes its monthly reports on its website.