8/24/2020
It had been a while since I've connected through Oakland, CA. Our approach into the Bay area was another sobering experience as visibility was very poor due to lingering smoke from nearby wildfires and the airport was an absolute ghost town. Yet this approach and landing was special. After a few minutes of final I realized the landscape looked different compared to what I was used to when arriving into Oakland. I never saw water out the right side windows and I began wondering if we were in fact landing at OAK. It was only right after touching down when I checked my maps that I realized we landed on the other side of the airport on runway 28L as opposed to rwy 30 which is the norm for most commercial traffic. After landing we had to backtaxi on the runway to exit at the approach end and begin making the trek across the airfield. It was a LONG taxi to the terminal but a fun arrival nonetheless.
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Airport: Oakland International Airport
Airline: Southwest Airlines
Flight: WN1174
Route: LGB-OAK
Acft: Boeing 737-700
Reg: N965WN
Seat: 4F
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