San Jose Airport (SJC) Information

Where is San Jose Airport?  

San Jose is the largest city in California's Silicon Valley, home to many of the world's most important technology companies, including Adobe, Cisco Systems, eBay, Ericsson, Hewlett-Packard, Hitachi, IBM, Qualcomm and Samsung. 

Numerous leading universities attract engineering and computer science students to San Jose, including the University of California Berkeley and Stanford University.

San Jose International Airport (IATA: SJC, ICAO: KSJC, FAA LID: SJC), officially Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport, also known as Norman Y. Mineta San Jose Airport, San Jose Norman Y. Mineta Airport, Mineta Airport, Silicon Valley Airport or, simply, San Jose Airport, is located about 4 kilometres (2 miles) northwest of downtown San Jose, in Santa Clara County, California, United States.

In 2013, San Jose Airport served 8,783,319 passengers.

San Jose Airport is the smallest of the three airports serving the San Francisco Bay Area. The busiest is San Francisco International Airport (SFO), followed by Oakland International Airport (OAK).

Southwest Airlines and Alaska Airlines operate the most flights at SJC. Other airlines that fly to San Jose Airport include All Nippon Airways, American Airlines, American Eagle, Delta Air Lines, Delta Connection, Hawaiian Airlines, JetBlue Airways, United Airlines, United Express, Virgin America and Volaris.

The busiest routes from San Jose Airport are Burbank, Dallas, Denver, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Orange County, Portland (OR), Phoenix, San Diego and Seattle. Other cities with flights to San Jose Airport include Atlanta, Austin, Boise, Boston, Chicago, Guadalajara, Honolulu, Houston, Kahului, Kona, Lihue, Minneapolis, New York, Palm Springs, Reno, Salt Lake City, San José del Cabo and Tokyo.

Your best bet for a San Jose Airport transfer is a bus/train combination. Details on all options are included in this guide.

San Jose Airport services include:

• The Club at SJC lounge (showers) (fee) - between Terminals A and B
• FedEx drop box - South Ticket Counter Lobby
• US Mail drop box - South Ticket Counter Lobby
• Stamps - at ATMs
• Meditation Room - across from Gate 18
• Piano, available to all to play (24 hours) - Terminal B Baggage Claim
• Kid's tables and toys at gates
• USO Lounge (08:00-20:00) - at street level, between Terminals A and B, near the flag poles

The exterior of SJC's parking and rental car building features public art that can be seen from more than one mile away. Artist Christian Moeller designed the "Hands" mural, featuring hands of people in Silicon Valley.

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