Mineta San Jose International

The airport

This airport's record at the FAA

Runways 2

For understanding the field, not for navigation.

• Runway 12L: PAPI, four lights on the right, threshold displaced 1,307 ft, 8,831 ft available for landing, pole 32 ft high 1,441 ft from the end
• Runway 30R: PAPI, four lights on the left, right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 2,537 ft, 7,597 ft available for landing, tree 54 ft high 1,435 ft from the end
• Runway 12R: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the right, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), right-hand traffic pattern, threshold displaced 1,297 ft, 8,587 ft available for landing, pole 29 ft high 580 ft from the end
• Runway 30L: ILS with DME, PAPI, four lights on the left, medium-intensity approach lights with runway alignment lights (MALSR), threshold displaced 2,537 ft, 7,614 ft available for landing, fence 14 ft high 230 ft from the end

Radio frequencies

Automated weather (ASOS), by phone 408-969-0838.

Fuel and services as reported to the FAA

Other fields with jet fuel nearby: Reid-Hillview Of Santa Clara County (5 nm east), Palo Alto Airport (11 nm northwest), San Carlos Airport (18 nm northwest).

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

• Activate approach lights (MALSR) runway 12R, approach lights (MALSR) runway 30L, high-intensity runway lights runway 12L/30R, high-intensity runway lights runway 12R/30L - frequency 124.0 when tower closed.
• Pattern altitude 942 feet above ground level SINGLE-ENGINE aircraft, 1442 feet above ground level MULTI-ENGINE and turbine powered aircraft.
• Runway 30L PAPI unusable beyond 7 degreess of centerline of runway.
• Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
• Approach ratio 50:1 to displaced threshold.
• Birds frequently on or in vicinity of airport.
• Taxiway Y will be periodically rstrd to aircraft with a wingspan of less than 171 feet (MD-11 or smaller) drg B-787 and B-747 operations on runway 12L/30R.
• Taxiway Z will be periodically rstrd to aircraft with a wingspan of less than 118 feet (B-737-900 or smaller) drg B-787 and B-747 operations. Taxiway Z between 200 feet northwest of taxiway H and 200 feet northwest of taxiway K ltd to aircraft with wingspan of less than 135 feet (B-757-300 or smaller).
• Taxiway V ltd to aircraft with wingspan of less than 118 feet (B-737-900 or smaller).
• Noise abatement procedure: runway 30L/12R is preferred arrival runway for jet aircraft and runway 12L/30R is the preferred departure runway for jet aircraft. All jet aircraft takeoffs are to be initiated from eor unless directed otherwise by the control tower.
• Curfew hours 11:00 pm to 7:00 am far 36 stage II, 11:30 pm to 6:30 am far 36 stage iii aircraft listed on the schedule of authorized aircraft issued by the director of aviation. Delayed scheduled flights, and alternate/emergency operations may be exempt from curfew hour restrictions.
• First 400 feet runway 30R and runway 30L closed for takeoff DC10, MD11, L1011.

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 163,983, 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 Jose from the FAA register

371 aircraft are registered to owners in San Jose, California: 292 piston singles, 21 piston twins, 19 gliders, 15 business jets, 7 turboprops. 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

Flight schools, flying clubs and college flight programmes based within about 15 miles (12 nearest of 18, all in California):

• Aries Flyers INC 1 aircraft · Santa Clara, 2 miles away
• California In Nice INC 26 aircraft · San Jose, 6 miles away Nice Air Aviation is an FAA-certified flight school operating under Part 141 and Part 61 at Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose, California.
• Seagull Flying Club INC 2 aircraft · San Jose, 6 miles away Seagull Flying Club is a non-profit flying club based at San Jose Mineta International Airport (KSJC) in California.
• Charlie Alpha Flying Club 1 aircraft · Sunnyvale, 6 miles away
• Goldeagle Flyers INC 1 aircraft · San Jose, 6 miles away
• Rhv Flyers INC 1 aircraft · San Jose, 6 miles away
• Sj Flyers LLC 1 aircraft · San Jose, 6 miles away
• Skie Flying Club LLC 1 aircraft · Campbell, 6 miles away
• Alto Vista Flying Club 1 aircraft · Cupertino, 7 miles away Alto Vista Flying Club is a flying club based in Cupertino, California that operates a member-accessible website for scheduling aircraft, communicating about club business, and sharing aviation information.
• Seven Hi Flying Club 1 aircraft · Saratoga, 8 miles away
• Coyote Valley Sport Flyers 1 aircraft · Los Gatos, 9 miles away
• Silver Wings Flying Club 1 aircraft · Los Gatos, 9 miles away

Charter operators and airlines based in San Jose:

• Gtw Aviation LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate
• Siskiyou Aviation LLC 3 aircraft on the certificate

Repair stations in San Jose:

• Babbitt Bearing CO. INC Babbitt Bearing Company is an FAA-approved repair station (Part 145) based in San Jose, California, specializing in hard chrome plating, thermal spray coating, precision grinding, and manufacturing and repair of aircraft and aerospace compo
• Cal-Air Aviation Services INC
• California In Nice, INC Nice Air Aviation is an FAA-certified flight school operating under Part 141 and Part 61 in the San Jose, California area.
• Corporate Aviation Assoc. INC
• Lac Avionics INC L.A.C.

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 · 30 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