San Jose International Airport
The Mineta San José International Airport (officially Norman Yoshio Mineta San José International Airport) is a medium-sized airport in San José, California. It is located at the north end of the city, near the intersection of two major freeways, Highway 101 and Interstate 880. Its IATA Airport Code is SJC.In November 2001, the then "San José International Airport" was renamed for Norman Yoshio Mineta, a native of San José, former mayor and congressman who was then serving as United States Secretary of Transportation.
The airport is the smallest of the three Bay Area airports offering scheduled service, with approximately one third the passengers of the region's major international airport San Francisco International Airport (SFO), and slightly smaller than Oakland International Airport (OAK). Like Oakland airport, it attracts suburban residents too distant from SFO, as well as serving as a "reliever" airport and providing access to the Bay Area market for discount carriers (such as Southwest) unwilling to pay high landing fees at SFO.
As of 2003, Mineta San Jose Airport was served by all six large hub-and-spoke domestic carriers, one West Coast carrier and four discount carriers. The airport has transcontinental service to five East Coast cities as well as limited international service to Mexico and Japan.
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Terminals
There are three terminals at the airport. The international arrivals facility is connected to Terminal A, the northernmost terminal. Shuttle buses provide links from all terminals to the Santa Clara County light rail and regional CalTrain services.
Terminal A
Terminal B (International Arrivals)
Terminal C
And on the cargo airline end, flights are received from:
- Airborne Express including the former DHL
- BAX Global (formerly Burlington Air Express)
- Capital Cargo International
- Emery Worldwide
- FedEx
- UPS
