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===By plane===
===By plane===
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There are three major airports in the San Francisco Bay Area: '''[[San Francisco International Airport]]''' ({{IATA|SFO}}, located about 10 miles south of the city) is the largest, a major international airport with numerous passenger amenities; '''Oakland International Airport''' ({{IATA|OAK}}), in the [[East Bay (Bay Area)|East Bay]] is smaller and serves destinations in the U.S. and Mexico; and '''Mineta San Jose International Airport''' ({{IATA|SJC}}), in Silicon Valley) serves the U.S. and only a few international flights to Mexico and Japan. All are served by discount airlines such as Southwest, though OAK and SJC tend to have more low-cost flights than SFO. All three airports may be reached by inexpensive public transit (SFO and OAK are both served by the regional BART system, though OAK requires a separate shuttle bus ride), though SJC is the most inconvenient to San Francisco (SJC is served by San Jose's VTA Light Rail and the regional Caltrain line). Private pilots should consider Oakland ({{IATA|OAK}}) rather than SFO, as the separate general aviation field there is more accommodating to light aircraft.
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There are three major airports in the San Francisco Bay Area: '''[[San Francisco International Airport]]''' ({{IATA|SFO}}, located about 10 miles south of the city) is the largest, a major international airport with numerous passenger amenities; '''Oakland International Airport''' ({{IATA|OAK}}), in the [[East Bay (Bay Area)|East Bay]] is smaller and serves destinations in the U.S. and Mexico; and '''Mineta San Jose International Airport''' ({{IATA|SJC}}), in Silicon Valley) serves the U.S. and only a few international flights to Mexico and Japan. All are served by discount airlines such as Southwest, though OAK and SJC tend to have more low-cost flights than SFO. All three airports may be reached by inexpensive public transit (SFO and OAK are both served by the regional BART system, though OAK requires a separate shuttle bus ride), though SJC is the most inconvenient to San Francisco (SJC is served by San Jose's VTA Light Rail and the regional Caltrain line). Private pilots should consider Oakland ({{IATA|OAK}}) rather than SFO, as the separate general aviation field there is more accommodating to light aircraft
. While SFO is the largest and serves the most international connections, it is also the most congested and delays due to that as well as fog are not unheard of
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===By train===
===By train===