Norman Y. Mineta San José International Airport is owned by the city and used by public airport that serves the metropolitan of San José, located in Santa Clara County of California in United States. It is positioned approximately 4 km away in the northwest direction of Downtown San Jose, close to the forks of 3 most important freeways, Interstate 880, State Route 87 and U.S. Route 101.
In spite of the status of San Jose as the most densely inhabited metropolis across the region of San Francisco Bay, SJC is known to be the smallest among the 3 Bay Area airports who offer scheduled service (10.9 million travelers yearly in 2006), with under 1/3 the travelers of the chief international airport San Francisco International Airport (SFO) located in the region as well as fewer travelers compared to Oakland International Airport (OAK). Similar to the Oakland airport, it draws Bay Area inhabitants who discover SFO to be embarrassingly far-flung from their residences.
SJC is positioned as a “downtown airport”. It’s comparatively well-located for inhabitants as well as tourists close to downtown San Jose has as well led to a number of drawbacks. It turned out to be bordered by the metropolitan as well as had modest room for development. The immediacy to downtown has as well led to limitations on buildings’ tallness within downtown San Jose by security margins engraved FAA rules.
Number of terminals
3
Transfer between Terminals
A free of charge ferry bus service connects between Terminals A as well C and each and every car park.
Driving Directions
From San Francisco, get I-80 west waiting it turns out to be US-101 south; later take a right turn at the CA-87/Guadalupe Parkway outlet, after that right once more on Airport Parkway. From Santa Cruz, begin on CA-17 north, which turns out to be I-880 north, get the US-101 north way out in the direction of San Francisco, join together on US-101 north, get the Brokaw Road depart on the right in the direction of First Street, in addition to take a left turn on Brokaw Road, which turns out to be Airport Parkway.
Car Parking
Both short-term as well as long-term parking facilities are available at the airport. The short-term parking is offered at Terminal A as well as straight away opposite Terminal C. A long-term car parking lot is located on the western edge of the airport. Complimentary courtesy transfers’ making a nonstop round of the 2 terminals accepts travelers in assorted well-marked regions all through the long-term car parking lot. Off-airport, the long-term parking lot is offered from various companies.
Car Hire
The various companies who have placed their booths at the airport are Avis, Alamo, Dollar, Budget, Enterprise, Hertz, Fox, Thrifty and National. The car rental counter is positioned at the northern region of Terminal A by the side of Airport Boulevard. A ferry bus is offered by the airport authority as to carry the travelers to and from both of the terminal.
Public Transport
Rail
The VTA Airport Flyer transport bus operates a nonstop loop that connects the airport with Santa Clara Caltrain station as well as the San Jose Metro-Airport LRT station. There are brilliant light rail as well as metro train courses to various destinations from corner to corner of the Bay area.
Bus
Scheduled bus facilities consist of buses from the airport to Santa Clara County offered by Valley Transportation Authority, as well as to Monterey and Santa Cruz. Shuttles as well as charter buses are offered for each and every region.
Taxi
Several taxi companies, which include Yellow as well as United, present cabs on order. Taxis can be arranged, well in advance. The website of the airport has an all-inclusive record of companies who serve the airport.
Information and Help Desks
Information counters are positioned inside Terminals A as well as C Arrivals. Courtesy telephones for help are located all through the different terminals.
Airport Facilities
Money and communications
The various facilities offered at the airport are postal services, Internet stations, ATM’s as well as bureau de change etc.
Eating and drinking
A number of fast-food outlets, bars, cafes, snack-bars as well as restaurants are placed in both of the terminals.
Shopping
The various shops positioned at the airport are news agent, gift shop as well as a duty-free store.
Luggage
An office that looks after the lost property is positioned on Terminal C’s floor second.
Other facilities
The various other facilities offered at the airport are baby change amenities, DVD’s as well as DVD players on rent, AED units as well as entertainment area for children.
Conference and Business Facilities
Wireless Internet access is offered by Wayport as well as is accessible all through the airport. Data ports are obtainable at the expedia.com café located within Terminal C. You can avail the conference services offered by the Doubletree Hotel which includes 5 ballrooms as well as 12 meeting rooms, who can accommodate almost 1,200 delegates, audiovisual equipment rent as well as a business centre. Moreover the hotel offers computer workstations, mobile phone rent, fax, printing, photocopying, Internet, videoconferencing and postal services.
Facilities for Disabled Travelers
Services for disabled travelers consist of lifts, TDD telephones and disabled toilets. Wheelchair help can be offered by Skycaps; travelers who need wheelchairs as well as individual help should notify their airline previous to journey.
Disabled parking is offered in each and every parking lot at the airport.
Hotels
At the airport you will come across no hotels. The Double Tree hotel is placed very close to the airport. The various other hotels positioned in the close proximity of the airport take account of the Clarion San Jose Airport, Holiday Inn Express San Jose International and Days Inn San Jose Airport each of these hotels offer a transfer to/from the airdrome. All information regarding the hotel is offered inside the Arrivals areas at both of the terminals.
