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- SJC Airport Contact
1661 Airport Blvd
San Jose, CA 95110
United States
Phone: 4085010979
Email: info@sjc.org
Website for San Jose Mineta Airport: http://www.sjc.org
- SJC Airport Overview
Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (SJC) is located near the intersections of three major freeways, (US 101, I-880 and Route 87) and 4 km from San Jose, California, the third-largest city in the state, situated at the southern end of the San Francisco Bay Area. San Jose Airport is known as the gateway to the high-tech area of Silicon Valley. Its many airlines offer direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe.
As San Jose Airport outgrew its facilities, it embarked on a major airport improvement program to update terminal, roadway, airfield and parking facilities. The terminal component of the program will consolidate the two existing terminals into one large, centralized terminal with two concourses. The information below reflects the present status of the Airport's improvement program:
1. Terminal B Concourse (TB-C): The first six gates of the new TB-C opened in July 2009 and Southwest Airlines starts in the interim to use the first six of the total of twelve gates, until the new facility is entirely completed in summer of 2010. Also, during this interim period, Southwest passengers will continue to check in at Terminal A (T-A) and claim their baggage at the carousels in the T-A garage. Furthermore, during this interim period, sections of the concourse will be closed off from time. The Airport has opened the 'Sharks Cage', the first of its restaurants and shops in the new building, and more concessions are to open as completed construction allows. TB-C is the first major component of the airport’s overall terminal area improvement program started in 2004.
2. Terminal B (T-B): The new T-B, which is to replace Terminal C by 2010, is currently under construction and, when completed, will be integrated with the new Concourse. Together the two buildings will have a total of twelve commercial aircraft gates with comfortable waiting lounges, passenger amenities such as free Wi-Fi and ample power outlets for laptops, and new shops and restaurants.
3. Terminal A ('T-A'): Expansion and improvements inside T-A also are moving along. The Gordon Biersch restaurant is open for business, while existing concessions were closed to make room for the new security checkpoint. All gates in T-A have been renumbered as of August 1, 2009. T-A airlines continue at their usual gates, but have a new address. Gate 1 is at the far north end of T-A (formerly Gate A16); International flights at the south end of T-A use now Gates 15 & 16 and the first gate in T-B Concourse is Gate 17, while Gate 28 will be its far south end when it opens next year.
Attention Southwest Airline Passengers: After clearing T-A security checkpoint, it will be a long walk to reach Southwest Airlines gates in the new concourse (up to 500 yards to the farthest gate) until the opening of T-B in June 2010. Feel free to request assistance from Southwest staff, or call from any while courtesy phone, if this poses a problem for you.
Terminal A offers presently restaurants and shops, newsstands and free wireless internet access in all public areas, as well as ATMs and foreign currency exchange, baggage carts and skycaps, conference room, FedEx & Mail drops, hotel information, TTY phones.
The current Terminal C (to be replaced by T-B in June 2010) offers restaurants and shops, newsstands and free wireless internet access in all public areas, as well as Information booth, ATMs, baggage carts & Skycaps, FedEx and mail boxes, hotel information, lost & found, observation deck, TTY phones, Tech on the Go, and USO facility.
For regularly updated recorded message about roads, terminals and parking call (408) 501-0630
If you need to pick up a passenger at the Airport, use the Cell Phone Lot on either side of Airport Parkway North, off Technology, which offers 30-minute free parking. Stay with your car until your party has collected luggage and calls you to be picked up at the curb. If you are picking up/dropping of passengers, you stop your vehicle curbside in front of either Terminal A or C to actively load/unload. Solo passengers must park their car in the parking lot and bring baggage to curbside check-in or the ticket counter (use Smarte Cartes for your baggage). An alternate drop-off area is on Martin Avenue, at the back of the Long-term parking lot. At the drop-off point, proceed to shuttle stop L and wait at the designated bus stop for the shuttle that will take you to your terminal. Shuttles arrive every five minutes.
Present parking options are as follow:
1. Long-term Parking lot located at 325 Martin Avenue--from Hwy 101 take De La Cruz exit, head west. Turn left on Martin Avenue. Free shuttle to Terminals.
2. Parking Garage attached to Terminal A, with shuttle service every 10 minutes. Clearance: 7 feet, and entry & 1st floor 8 feet.
3. The new Terminal C parking on the south side of the Terminal C baggage claim building with entrance from Airport Blvd., south of Terminal C, where a new traffic signal has been installed. Free shuttles run between the two terminals A & C.
4. Disabled parking is available in all Airport parking areas. Vehicles displaying the appropriate state issued placard may park in the Terminal A garage or the hourly lot across from Terminal C at the long-term rate.
To get from the Airport to your destination, you have a choice of renting a car, taking a taxi or limo, or the area public buses. Furthermore, the free VTA Route 10 Airport Flyer connects the airport to the Santa Clara Station for Caltrain and Altamont Commuter Express rail services, as well as to numerous local buses, and to the Metro/Airport Light Rail Station for VTA's light rail service.
