Transit Outside of Santa Cruz

• Oakland International Airport (Code letters "OAK") Serves USA (continental states plus Hawaii) and Mexico directly.

• San Francisco International Airport (Code letters "SFO") One of the USA's busiest airports, has direct flights to Asia, Europe, Central America, Latin America, New Zealand/Australia, plus Canada and domestic flights.
  

• San Jose International Airport (Code letters "SJC") Serves USA (continental states plus Hawaii) and Mexico directly. This is the closest commercial airport to Santa Cruz.
  

• Monterey Peninsula Airport (Code letters "MRY") Non-stop destinations include: San Francisco, Los Angeles, Long Beach, Ontario, and San Diego (CA); Phoenix (AZ), Las Vegas (NV), and Denver (CO). Plus connecting flights to the rest of the world.

• Watsonville Municipal Airport For private and corporate planes and aviation training- generally does not offer commercial flights.

• Santa Cruz Sky Park Airport, which is now closed, was located in Scotts Valley from 1947-1983. It has the unique distinction of being the site where Apple Computer Co-Founder Steve Wozniak crashed his v-tail Beechcraft Bonanza on takeoff for a flight to San Diego with three passengers aboard. He received facial injuries and had temporary short-term memory loss for five weeks following the accident.
  

• Bonny Doon Village Airport Privately owned airport located at 8647 Empire Grade, Santa Cruz, CA 95060. FAA designates this airport as CL77.
  

See: Other Transportation Services

• Megabus, a very inexpensive busline that runs direct from San Jose to Los Angeles, leaves from the San Jose Diridon Station
  

• Greyhound Bus Lines

• Airship Ventures (Zeppelin Tours)
  

• Specialized Helicopters

Also see Trains

• Altamont Commuter Express (ACE) Serves San Jose to Stockton
  

• Amtrak National railway
  

• Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) Serves the SF Bay area, including Fremont, Millbrae, Pleasanton, Richmond and Bay Point.
  

• Caltrain Serves San Francisco to San Jose, with limited service further south to Gilroy.

Public transit systems in surrounding and nearby counties.

• Alameda County (Berkeley, Fremont, Pleasanton): Alameda - Contra Costa Transit District (AC Transit)
  

• Contra Costa County (Antioch, Martinez, El Cerrito): The County Connection (Central County), Tridelta Transit (East County), and WestCAT (West county)
  

• Monterey County (Monterey, Salinas, Carmel): Monterey-Salinas Transit
  

• San Benito County(San Benito, San Juan Bautista, Hollister): San Benito County Express
  

• San Francisco County: SF Municipal Railway (Muni)
  

• San Mateo County (San Mateo, Millbrae, Redwood City, East Palo Alto): San Mateo County Transit District (SamTrans)
  

• Santa Clara County (San Jose, Palo Alto, Sunnyvale) :Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)

• 511.org Very helpful site for planning to use public transit in the Bay area

• Transportation Public transit and basic transportation info
  

• Other Transportation Services Taxis and private chauffeur services

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