San Francisco International

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 4

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 10L: PAPI, four lights on the left, 11,193 ft available for landing, tower 88 ft high 3,280 ft from the end
• Runway 28R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, approach lights with sequenced flashers (ALSF-2), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 300 ft, 11,236 ft available for landing
• Runway 10R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, 10,704 ft available for landing, tower 87 ft high 3,875 ft from the end
• Runway 28L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 300 ft, 10,275 ft available for landing
• Runway 01R: threshold displaced 560 ft, 8,090 ft available for landing, tree 177 ft high 4,000 ft from the end
• Runway 19L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with flashers (MALSF)
• Runway 01L: threshold displaced 640 ft, 7,010 ft available for landing
• Runway 19R: PAPI, four lights on the left

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 650-250-5841.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: San Carlos Airport (9 nm southeast), Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport (10 nm northeast), Hayward Executive (12 nm east).

The FAA's file records what is sold and done at the field, as the airport manager reports it, not who sells it or the price; fuel sellers (FBOs) are not named in any public file. Airports selling jet fuel in California · avgas.

The FAA's remarks as written in the airport file, spelled out

• Engineered material arresting system (emas) 413 feet in length by 227 feet in width located at the der 1L.
• Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 409 feet in length by 227 feet in width located at the der 1R.
• Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 373 feet in length by 227 feet in width located at the der 19L.
• Engineered materials arresting system (emas) 437 feet in length by 227 feet in width located at the der 19R.
• Approach blocked by a blast fence and localizer ant.
• Approach ratio 28:1 to displaced threshold.
• Flocks of birds feeding along shoreline adjacent to airport; on occasions fly across various parts of the airport.
• High speed taxiway (T) grvd full width between runway 28R and 28L.
• Several runway hold position signs are on the right rather than the left side of the taxiways.
• Runway 10 preferred runway between 1:00 am to 6:00 am weather and flight conditions permitting.
• Airline pilots shall strictly follow the painted nose gear lines and no oversteering adjustment is permitted.
• Paew approach end runways 28L, 28R, 19L indefinitely.

Based aircraft as counted for the FAA, fiscal year 2024

The FAA's count is the general-aviation aircraft kept on the field (singles, twins, business jets, helicopters) from its Terminal Area Forecast, the latest year with an actual count; airline fleets are never counted as based anywhere, so a big airline airport shows a small number. The aircraft heard arriving or departing are the site's own record from the volunteer receiver network, airliners included; aircraft whose owners asked the FAA not to be displayed are left out. The register section below shows how many aircraft are registered to owners in town, a different measure again.

Takeoffs and landings a year about 381,304, 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. How this compares nationally: Airports by the numbers.

Aircraft registered in San Francisco from the FAA register

295 aircraft are registered to owners in San Francisco, California: 154 piston singles, 58 drones, 32 business jets, 21 turboprops, 10 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, not named (the site's policy at this time). All aircraft registered in California.

Who works here from the FAA's certificate lists and the register

Fuel and service companies in San Francisco, by their names on the register (a start, not a directory):

• Ksx Aviation Services LLC

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles:

• Eagles Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · San Francisco
• Pacer Flying Club INC 1 aircraft · Millbrae, 2 miles away
• Mh Aviation LLC 7 aircraft · Foster City, 8 miles away MH Aviation is a flight school and FAA Part 145 repair station at Fox Field (KWJF) in Lancaster, California.
• United Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · Belmont, 8 miles away United Flying Club is a nonprofit mutual benefit cooperative flying club established in 1947 and based at San Carlos Airport near San Francisco.
• Pelican Flight Training LLC 3 aircraft · San Carlos, 10 miles away
• San Carlos Flight Center INC 2 aircraft · San Carlos, 10 miles away San Carlos Flight Center is a flight school and flying club based at San Carlos Airport in California.
• Alameda Aero Club 7 aircraft · Alameda, 11 miles away Alameda Aero Club is a nonprofit, volunteer-operated flying club based at Oakland International Airport's North Field.
• Sundance Air Services INC 3 aircraft · Alameda, 11 miles away Sundance Air Services provides aircraft maintenance and repair services, aircraft rental, and flight instruction at Oakland Airport in Alameda, California.
• Oakland Flyers LLC 2 aircraft · Oakland, 11 miles away Oakland Flyers is a flight training and aircraft rental facility located at Oakland Airport in the San Francisco Bay Area.
• Sky Slingers Flying Club - Spc INC 1 aircraft · Redwood City, 11 miles away
• California Airways LLC 6 aircraft · Hayward, 14 miles away California Airways is a flight school and flying club based in Hayward, California, established in 1954.
• Hayward Flying Club 1 aircraft · Hayward, 14 miles away Hayward Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at Hayward Executive Airport in California.

Repair stations in San Francisco:

• Legacy Aircraft Instruments INC
• United Airlines INC

Companies in the same town as this airport, and schools within about 15 miles of it (each placed at the main public airport of its town, or at the town's centre); not every one of them works from this field. All operators · all repair stations · all flight schools · all FBOs.

Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 38 since 1982, 3 fatal

Cases the NTSB recorded with this as the nearest airport, newest first. Each opens the full report in plain English. The country as a whole: Where accidents happen.

Nearby within 30 nautical miles