"The Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport reported just over 704,000 passengers used the airport in November. This marked a roughly 12% drop in passenger volume compared to November 2024, when nearly 800,000 people used the airport. Like other airports across the country, passenger volume at Oakland plummeted during the onset of the pandemic. Numbers jumped back up in November 2021, and Oakland experienced strong growth the following year, with total passenger counts rising from 821,600 in November 2021 to 972,460 in November 2022."
"But there's been a steady decline in passenger travel in November every year since then. And data reported by the airport shows that this trend holds true across other months."
"The decline in intra-California business travel has been the primary factor that we have observed affecting passenger trends,"
Oakland International Airport recorded just over 704,000 passengers in November 2025, a roughly 12% decline from nearly 800,000 in November 2024. Passenger traffic fell sharply during the pandemic, recovered in late 2021, and peaked in November 2022 at 972,460 before declining each subsequent November. Airport data indicate similar downward trends across other months. December numbers were not yet reported, though late-December and early-January are typically the busiest days. A September report found OAK had the steepest travel decline among major U.S. airports in the first half of 2025. Airport officials attribute the sag mainly to reduced intra-California business travel.
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