If your destination lies within the shadow of the Golden Gate bridge, don’t think that San Francisco International Airport (SFO) is your only option. Oakland International Airport (OAK), which for decades was served by only one FBO, now sports two FBOs, with a third trying to wriggle its way in. The resulting mix makes for some healthy competition at an airport that can get corporate aircraft in and out faster than SFO and their passengers to downtown San Francisco faster if road and weather conditions are right.
The incumbent
The old guard at Oakland has been KaiserAir, established in 1946 at Detroit’s Willow Run Airport as a corporate flight department for industrialist Henry Kaiser’s various companies. The flight department moved to its present location in 1954 and converted to an external full-service FBO and aircraft charter business in the 1980s. Operating in a curfew-free environment, KaiserAir offers 24/7 line service, aircraft cleaning during regular and swing shifts and aircraft maintenance from 7:30 a.m. to midnight on weekdays and 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. on weekends.
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