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Originally Posted by homebucket
One of the things I've always appreciated about BART. It drops you off within 100 ft of the international terminal gates. Makes me wonder if this is the shortest distance from metro station to airport gate in the US?
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DEN is pretty close. Their train station is right next to the terminal on the lower level and a very short escalator ride to one of the three security checkpoints. But after security, you have to take a people mover to the concourses and potentially walk up to a half mile to get to your gate. I think DCA is pretty close too, but that's mostly a domestic-only airport.
I'm perhaps biased now, but SFO is perhaps my favorite major airport. It's big but never feels that way. The BART connection is pretty handy, especially if you're flying out of Terminal 3 or the International Terminal.
On the other hand, it could be argued that the BART station is perhaps *too* close to the terminal, as the spur adds a lot of complexity to the network. It might have been simpler to have built a station closer to the main line and have passengers get onto the Air Train from there, or perhaps they should have just extended the Air Train to San Bruno or Millbrae instead.