Getting to the Festival
When booking your flights to travel to the SFIAAFF, you can fly into either San Francisco or Oakland. You can often find cheaper flights into Oakland. (The San Jose airport is about an hour away by car - with no traffic - from downtown San Francisco.)
Please consider making travel arrangements through one of our preferred carriers.
Cathay Pacific Airways, Official Airline Sponsor
Offering daily nonstop flights to SFO, Cathay Pacific Airways is a great choice for air travel from Asia to the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. www.cathaypacific.com
Southwest Airlines
Offering daily nonstop service to the San Francisco Bay Area via the Oakland International Airport or San Jose International Airport, Southwest Airlines is a great choice for affordable air travel to and from the San Francisco International Asian American Film Festival. www.southwest.com
GETTING TO AND FROM THE AIRPORTS
San Francisco International Airport
GROUND TRANSPORTATION
- A taxi ride from SFO to downtown costs about $30. Metered rates apply to all destinations. Taxi drivers are required by airport regulation to accept fares to all Bay Area destinations.
- Airport shuttles are inexpensive and efficient. The SFO Airporter ($12) picks up passengers at baggage claim (lower level) and serves selected downtown hotels. SuperShuttle ($12 to $15 depending on your destination) stops at the upper-level traffic islands and takes you to anywhere within the San Francisco city limits. Inexpensive shuttles to the East Bay (among them Bayporter Express) also depart from SFO’s upper-level traffic islands; expect to pay around $20.
- BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit) - Once you arrive at SFO, take the Red AirTrain line from your domestic flight to BART. Or, walk to BART, following the signs to the International terminal. If your ultimate destination is San Francisco or the East Bay, take a Richmond or Pittsburgh Baypoint-bound BART train. The fare to San Francisco is $4.95. BART has a stop at Union Square (Powell St. Station). If you want to travel to San Jose or the South Bay, take a Millbrae-bound BART train from SFO to the Millbrae Station (a five-minute ride) and transfer there to CalTrain or connecting bus service for the trip south. For more information go here.
DRIVING
To drive to downtown San Francisco from the airport, take U.S. 101 north to the Civic Center (9th Street), 7th Street, or 4th Street exits. If you’re headed to the Embarcadero or Fisherman’s Wharf, take I-280 north (the exit is to the right, just past 3Com Park) and get off at the 4th Street/King Street exit. King Street becomes the Embarcadero a few blocks east of the exit. The Embarcadero winds around the waterfront to Fisherman’s Wharf.
Oakland International Airport
GROUND TRANSPORTATION
Taxis from Oakland’s airport to downtown San Francisco cost between $30 and $35. There is continuous taxi service outside of the airport baggage terminal. America’s Shuttle, M&M ($25 per person to San Francisco), Bayporter Express ($23), and other shuttles serve major hotels and provide door-to-door service to the East Bay and San Francisco.
AIRBART
The best way to get to San Francisco via public transit is to take the airBART bus ($2) from OAK to the Coliseum BART subway station. AirBARTs hours of operation at the Coliseum Station: Monday-Saturday, 6:05 AM-11:50 PM; Sunday, 8:00 AM-11:45 PM. Last departure from BART is at 12:05 a.m. Drivers do not accept cash for adult tickets. BART runs to San Francisco/Powell Street (Union Square).
