San Jose International Airport, the main airport to Silicon Valley is located in the city about 6 km from its centre and around 20 -25 km from Mountain View and Palo Alto.
The airport serves mostly a very dense network of domestic routes as well as direct flight routes from London, Frankfurt, Japan, China and Mexico.
Apart from few fastfoods (Chick-fil-A, Sushi, Starbucks) there are not many restaurants available at the San Jose Airport. Still, you will find Hudson (snacks&news) shops in both terminals, ATMs near Gates 6, 10, 13, 15, 19, 26 and Baggage Claim or ‘Power Suite’ zone with comfortable seating and work stations with built-in power outlets near gagtes 7a, 9, 18 and 28.
The only direct return flights from the UK (London – Heathrow) to San Jose are with British Airways for prices in the range between £350-£430. The flight takes around 11 hours.
San Jose Airport is open 24/7.