Publication Date

Spring 2000

Degree Type

Master's Project

Degree Name

Master of Urban Planning (MUP)

Department

Urban and Regional Planning

Abstract

The Bay Area region possesses one of the highest rates of air travel demand in the country. In 1990, San Francisco International Airport alone served over 30 million air passengers and ranked as the 7'^ largest airport in the country in terms of millions of annual passengers (MAP).‘ In 1990, the three major Bay Area airports, San Francisco International (SFO), Oakland International (OAK) and San Jose International (SJC), served more than 42 million air passengers combined.^ By 2010, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) forecasts that the three Bay Area airports will serve as many as 84 million air passengers one hundred percent increase over the passengers served in 1990.

However, this increase in air passenger travel demand has constraints resulting from airfield capacity and weather related delays. In addition to capacity and weather related constraints. the operating characteristics of airlines such as hubbing and “connecting” also impact the airports’ capacity and ability to move flights. Finally, the advent of “low fare” airlines, such as Southwest Airlines, and the inroads such airlines have made at OAK and SJC with respect to flight availability, variety of destinations and low fares has created an economical opportunity for passengers to connect between airports.

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