Sanford Seacoast Regional
SFM · KSFM · Sanford, Maine · York County · map
Sanford Seacoast Regional is a public-use airport owned by the City of Sanford, 4 miles southeast of Sanford, Maine, 244 feet above sea level. It has 2 runways; the longest, 07/25, is 6,389 feet of asphalt. It has fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)).
Weather right now KSFM · observed 4:56 pm EDT (20:56 UTC), 23 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind variable at 6 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 58°F (14°C), dew point 31°F (-1°C)
- Altimeter 29.94 inHg
No terminal forecast is issued for this station. The nearest forecast is usually at the closest larger airport.
The codes as issued (METAR and TAF)
METAR KSFM 062056Z AUTO VRB06KT 10SM CLR 14/M01 A2994 RMK AO2 SLP143 T01441006 53001
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 SFM · ICAO KSFM
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- City of Sanford
- Elevation
- 244 feet above sea level
- Control tower
- No control tower
- Attended
- October to May, every day, 7:00 am to 5:00 pm; June to SEPT, every day, 7:00 am to 7:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, car gas (mogas)
- Repairs
- airframe: major repairs; engine: major repairs
- Parking
- hangar, tiedown
- On the chart
- New York sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 17W
- In the FAA's files since
- April 1940
Runways 2
For understanding the field, not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 07/25 | 6,389 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | High-intensity lights |
| 14/32 | 4,999 × 100 ft | Asphalt, good | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 07: ILS, PAPI, four lights on the left, tree 30 ft high 1,074 ft from the end
- Runway 25: PAPI, four lights on the left, omnidirectional approach lights (ODALS), threshold displaced 388 ft, power line 18 ft high 695 ft from the end
- Runway 14: PAPI, four lights on the left, threshold displaced 885 ft, tree 68 ft high 516 ft from the end
- Runway 32: PAPI, four lights on the left
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · UNICOM | 123.075 | |
| Clearance delivery | 121.725 | |
| Approach and departure | 119.75 | |
| Sfm and aWOS-3PT | 120.025 | |
| Waterboro and center (remote transmitter) Low | 128.2 |
Automated weather (AWOS-3PT), by phone 207-324-1958.
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 Sanford from the FAA register
4 aircraft are registered to owners in Sanford, Maine: 3 piston singles, 1 helicopter. 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 Maine.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 20 since 1982, 0 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
- Existed prior to 1959.
- Wildlife on and in the vicinity of airport.
- Activate odals runway 25; runway end identifier lights runway 07; PAPI runway 07 and 25; high-intensity runway lights 07/25; medium-intensity runway lights 14/32; taxiway lights - the common traffic frequency. Taxiway lights not working daylight hours.
- Approach ratio 49:1 at dthr.
- Approach ratio 20:1 at dthr.
- Calm wind preferred runway 32.
- 24 hour fuel available with major credit card for 100LL, a and mogas.
- Conditions not mnt daily 4:00 pm to 7:00 am est.
- High vol fixed and rotary wing flight training in vicinity.
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.