Direct Flights from Minneapolis to Oakland
Nonstop service from MSP to OAK on Sun Country. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
Airlines
Sun Country
Nonstop flights
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Distance
1,575 mi
Days operated
Schedule varies
About Oakland
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat of and the most populous city in Alameda County, California, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is the most populous city in the East Bay, the third most populous city in the Bay Area, and the eighth most populous city in California.
Top things to do in Oakland
- The Internet Archive is an American non-profit library founded in 1996 by Brewster Kahle that runs a digital library website, archive.org.
- Golden Gate Park is an urban park between the Richmond and Sunset districts on the West Side of San Francisco, California, United States.
- The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) is a modern and contemporary art museum and nonprofit organization located in San Francisco, California.
- United States Penitentiary, Alcatraz Island, also known simply as Alcatraz or The Rock, was a maximum security federal prison on Alcatraz Island, 1.25 miles (2.01 km) off the coast of San Francisco, California, United St…
- Lombard Street is an east–west street in San Francisco, California, that is famous for a steep, one-block section with eight hairpin turns. The street stretches from The Presidio east to The Embarcadero.
- USS Hornet (CV/CVA/CVS-12) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier built for the United States Navy (USN) during World War II.
- The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a computer museum in Mountain View, California.
- The de Young Museum, formally the M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, is a fine arts museum located in San Francisco, California, United States, named for early San Francisco newspaperman M. H. de Young.
- The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens.
- The Presidio of San Francisco is a park and former U.S. Army post on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula in San Francisco, California, and is part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Area.
- Coit Tower is a 210-foot (64 m) tower in the Telegraph Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California, overlooking the city and San Francisco Bay.
- Kink.com is an independent San Francisco–based bondage internet pornography company that runs a group of websites devoted to BDSM and related fetishes.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
Planning a trip to Oakland
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit Oakland is April–December, when daytime highs are a comfortable 61–77°F.
- How long to stay
- Oakland rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Internet Archive, Golden Gate Park, and San Francisco Museum of Modern Art and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Minneapolis to Oakland?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Minneapolis (MSP) to Oakland (OAK) on Sun Country.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Minneapolis to Oakland?
- Sun Country flies nonstop between Minneapolis (MSP) and Oakland (OAK).
- How far is Oakland from Minneapolis?
- Oakland is about 1,575 miles from Minneapolis by air.
- What is there to do in Oakland?
- Popular things to do include Internet Archive, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary, and more.
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