Oakland International Airport

Free Wi-Fi and more at Oakland International Airport

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Good news for laptop-toting travelers passing through Oakland International Airport (OAK).

Starting today, (Monday, November 10th) there’s free Wi-Fi Internet service throughout the airport.

The service is provided by FreeFi Networks, the same company that now provides the free Wireless Internet access at Denver International Airport. You’ll need to watch some advertising before you get to use the wireless service, but hey – it’s free.

While you’re at Oakland International Airport (OAK), check out some other cool free and low cost stuff:

The public art inside the airport includes Hung Liu’s Going Away, Coming Home in Terminal 2;

(Jack Fulton, Photographer Courtesy of the Port of Oakland and Oakland International Airport)

Metropolitan Golf Links is located just south of the terminal (here’s a link to a coupon for free rental clubs );

And the Oakland Aviation Museum sits on the airport’s historic North Field. (You can drive over or take the free rental car shuttle.)

Take a seat – or 6,000 – at Oakland Int’l Airport

Renovations

If you have fond memories of hanging around Oakland International Airport (OAK) and are affiliated with a non-profit in the Bay Area that could use some “gently used” chairs from the 1980’s, get in touch with the folks at the Port of Oakland.

The airport recently completed a $300 million makeover that included the extension and renovation of Terminal 2 and the replacement of more than 6,000 chairs in Terminals 1 and 2.

Some of the old chairs are going to be showing up in the recreation rooms at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Oakland – but the rest are up for grabs.

Photo courtesy Oakland International Airport