San Antonio International
SAT · KSAT · San Antonio, Texas · Bexar County · map
San Antonio International is a public-use airport owned by the City of San Antonio, 7 miles north of San Antonio, Texas, 809 feet above sea level. It has 3 runways; the longest, 04/22, is 8,505 feet of concrete. It has a control tower, fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A) and about 233 based aircraft. The FAA counts about 166,424 takeoffs and landings a year. About 5,207,322 passengers boarded flights here in the FAA's fiscal year 2024.
Weather right now KSAT · observed 4:51 pm CDT (21:51 UTC), 61 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the east (100°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Sky: a few clouds at 6,500 feet
- Temperature 88°F (31°C), dew point 60°F (16°C)
- Altimeter 29.93 inHg
The forecast issued Tue 4:19 pm CDT (21:19 UTC), good until Wed 7:00 pm CDT (00:00 UTC)
- From Tue 4:00 pm CDT (21:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 7 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, a few clouds at 12,000 feet VFR
- From Tue 9:00 pm CDT (02:00 UTC): wind from the north at 4 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
- From Wed 11:00 am CDT (16:00 UTC): wind from the northeast at 8 knots, visibility more than 6 miles, clear skies VFR
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSAT 062151Z COR 10007KT 10SM FEW065 31/16 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP117 T03110156
TAF KSAT 062119Z 0621/0724 04007KT P6SM FEW120 FM070200 01004KT P6SM SKC FM071600 05008KT P6SM SKC
From the National Weather Service's aviation weather service, refreshed every few minutes; times are local to the airport with UTC in brackets. For a flight, get your briefing from Flight Service or an approved provider.
The airport
- Codes
- FAA SAT · ICAO KSAT
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of San Antonio
- Elevation
- 809 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- A control tower with a TRACON · around the clock
- Attended
- around the clock
- Lights
- runway lights sunset to sunrise; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- Notes
- landing fee · certified for airline service (Part 139)
- On the chart
- San Antonio sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 4E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1942
Runways 3
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 04/22 | 8,505 × 150 ft | Concrete, good | High-intensity lights |
| 13R/31L | 8,502 × 150 ft | Concrete, poor | High-intensity lights |
| 13L/31R | 5,519 × 100 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 04: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights (MALS), pole 46 ft high 2,180 ft from the end
- Runway 22: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 13R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2)
- Runway 31L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), building 79 ft high 3,500 ft from the end
- Runway 13L: PAPI, four lights on the left
- Runway 31R: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Digital ATIS | 118.9 | San Antonio |
| Approach · Clearance delivery | 121.375 | San Antonio |
| Clearance delivery When ssf tower closed. | 121.7 | Stinson |
| Clearance delivery | 126.7 | San Antonio |
| Clearance delivery When baz tower closed. | 134.75 | New Braunfels |
| Ground | 121.9 | San Antonio |
| Tower | 119.8 | San Antonio |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Approach 141-270 Saturday | 118.05 | San Antonio |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Approach 360-090 Saturday | 124.45 | San Antonio |
| Departure procedure (ALAMO) · Departure procedure (ALISS) · Approach and departure Runway 04, 22, 31; Runway 31L/R | 125.1 | San Antonio · Saturday request baz ATIS, 119.325, added to this star. |
| Departure procedure (ALISS) · Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) · Departure procedure (BOWIE) Runway 13L/R, 22; Runway 13, 22, 31 | 125.7 | San Antonio |
| Departure procedure (ALAMO) · Departure procedure (ALISS) · Approach (secondary) Departure (secondary) Runway 13; Runway 4 | 127.1 | San Antonio · Saturday request baz ATIS, 119.325, added to this star. |
| Approach and departure · Class C airspace · Departure 091-140 Saturday | 128.05 | San Antonio |
| Emergency | 121.5 | San Antonio |
| Sat and vot | 110.4 | |
| San Antonio Rco | 122.3 | San Antonio |
Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 726-265-1382.
Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024
Takeoffs and landings a year about 166,424, the FAA's fiscal year 2024 (October 2023 to September 2024)
Local flights stay in the traffic pattern or nearby, often practice; travelling flights arrive from or leave for somewhere else. Counts at airports without a tower are the FAA's estimates.
Wind map live wind over the area, from Windy.com
Colours show wind speed, the moving lines its direction; drag the time bar for the coming days. Map and forecast by Windy.com.
Aircraft registered in San Antonio from the FAA register
790 aircraft are registered to owners in San Antonio, Texas: 559 piston singles, 79 business jets, 46 piston twins, 36 turboprops, 35 helicopters. Not every one of them is based at this airport; the based-aircraft count above is the FAA's figure for this airport alone.
Companies and organisations in town with two or more aircraft:
Individuals are counted, never named. All aircraft registered in Texas.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 42 since 1982, 7 fatal
Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English.
Nearby within 30 nautical miles
The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file
- Saturday is rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index C; rescue and firefighting (ARFF) index D available with prior permission required.
- Runway 13L/31R not available for part 121/PART 380 operations with schedule passenger carrying operations more than 9 passenger seats and unscheduled passenger carrying operations more than 30 passenger seats.
- Runway has met its service life cycle and is in need of overhaul.
- Taxiway L closed northbound.
- Numerous flocks of birds in the vicinity of airport.
- Glider/soaring operations approximately 17 miles northwest of airport durg VFR.
- Noise sensitive areas exist on all sides of airport, at pilots discretion climb as quickly and quietly as safely possible on departure and use consideration when flying over populated areas by minimizing flight and high pwr settings. Military aircraft: departing and arriving aircraft will use minimum power settings consistent with aircraft flight manuals, afterburner takeoff is prohibited unless required for safety of flight. ENGINE-UPS are permitted between 6:00 am to 11:00 pm.
- Aircraft taxiing on runway 04 northeast bound look for hold short to runway 31L.
- Aircraft taxiing on taxiway north southwest bound look for hold short to runway 31R.
- Ground RUN-UP enclosure available 24 hours.
- The flwg taxiways are not available for aircraft 59000 pounds or ovr: taxiway a, taxiway M, taxiway H northwest of taxiway Z and taxiway east east of runway 04/22.
- Taxiway Z closed to aircraft with wingspan greater than 118 feet.
Facts from the FAA's airport file effective October 1, 2026, written out in plain English; weather from the National Weather Service's aviation weather service; registered aircraft from the FAA register as of October 5, 2026; accidents from the NTSB's public database. Owners are shown only when they are an organisation; no person is named. Check the official sources before a flight: this page is for understanding an airport, not for planning one.