San Jose Airport and Oakland Airport both suffered declines in passenger trips during 2025, while San Francisco Airport enjoyed an increase in the number of passengers it accommodated last year, reports from the aviation hubs show.
One common bright spot: The passenger trips that the three airports handled in December were all higher than the numbers for November, suggesting holiday travel was robust.
All three airports remained below the traffic heights in 2019, the year before coronavirus-linked restrictions and shutdowns forced travel industries into a nosedive both locally and around the world.
San Jose International Airport handled 10.68 million passengers in 2025, down 9.9% from the 11.85 million passengers it accommodated in 2024.
Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport accommodated 9.17 million passengers in 2025, down 15.3% from the 10.82 million passengers it handled in 2024.
But San Francisco International Airport was up 4.3% year over year, handling 54.53 million passengers in 2025, compared to 54.29 passengers in 2024.
Post-pandemic recovery has been a struggle for the three aviation hubs, which depend on business travel and have seen it decline with rise of remote work and virtual meetings.
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