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Wide Awake at 2am
  by Meinalaska (October, 2012)
Where: Landside and Airside
Pros: The black lounge chairs in terminal 2
Cons: The airport terminals are not open all night
During a 9 hour layover I decided to stay at the airport, exploring Oakland alone in the middle of the night didn't sound like a good idea. I found comfy chairs in terminal 2 and went to sleep. At 2am the police told me that I had to leave. They were kind enough to tell me about the 'waiting area' outside of security. Couches and hard plastic chairs are available. There's also a carpeted section out of the way employees and travelers. Between getting 3 hours of sleep, the announcements, and cleaning people making noise, I was wide awake at 2 with absolutely nothing to do.
I have a 7 hour layover on the way back and will try this again. With a sleeping bag and mat or with an earlier flight, it shouldn't be too bad.Was this Helpful?
good night of sleep, eventually roused by sheriff
  by bikerider (August, 2012)
Reason for Stay: Too cheap for a hotel room
Where: Landside
Pros: comfortable couches in waiting area
Cons: small airport, if you don't have a ticket you may be noticed
The reports of the hard plastic seats in the waiting area are true. However (probably a recent addition), there are several cushioned seats without armrests. So effectively you have a couch to sleep on.
This is in the waiting area of terminal 1. I can't speak for terminal 2. The seats swerve a little and don't leave a lot of space for tossing and turning, so it's *not quite* ideal, but no reason to nitpick when they give us a couch to sleep on.
Temperature was pretty good, and announcements didn't annoy me.
The airport is small though, so if you don't have a ticket you might get tossed. At 9am I had my sweatshirt pulled off from my face, and woke up to someone screaming 'Sheriff's department! Let's get a couple things straight!!! You're not gonna spend the night, and you're not gonna stay here!!! Pack up your belongings and lea continued >>Was this Helpful?
don't even try
by airportreviewer (June, 2009)
Tiny tiny closed airport. There is one food kiosk in the airport. There is a lunch truck during the day that has good food that the employees eat at but its not allowed to be convenient, you have to walk outside and around towards the back.
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Efficient and Clean
by jasmanw (June, 2009)
Where: Landside and Airside
We had to walk around the airport to get our packages when we arrived. All baggage ended up on one baggage claim area. This adds to the chaos of trying to get your bag.Was this Helpful?
Untitled2215
 by web-administrator (January, 2000)
(Contributed by ?) "I'd like to say that right inside the first gate at Oakland airport in northern California, there is a couch that is so comfortable that I almost missed my flight home to see my parents on Thanksgiving. This is one of the foremost attractions that Oakland has to offer, and I would highly recommend it in place of any of the hotels that they offer. "Was this Helpful?
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