San Carlos Airport
SQL · KSQL · San Carlos, California · San Mateo County · map
San Carlos Airport is a public-use airport owned by San Mateo County, 2 miles northeast of San Carlos, California, 6 feet above sea level. Its one runway, 12/30, is 2,621 feet of asphalt. It has a control tower and fuel (100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas).
Weather right now KSQL · observed 12:47 pm PDT (19:47 UTC), 7 minutes ago
VFR good flying weather
- Wind from the north-northeast (020°) at 7 knots
- Visibility 10 miles or more
- Temperature 75°F (24°C), dew point 63°F (17°C)
- Altimeter 29.92 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 KSQL 061947Z 02007KT 10SM CLR 24/17 A2992
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 SQL · ICAO KSQL
- Kind
- Airport · open to the public · publicly owned
- Owner
- San Mateo County
- Elevation
- 6 feet above sea level
- Pattern altitude
- 800 feet above the airport
- Control tower
- A control tower · 7:00 am to 9:00 pm
- Attended
- every day, 8:00 am to 6:00 pm
- Lights
- runway lights see the remarks below; beacon sunset to sunrise
- Fuel
- 100LL avgas, Jet A, Jet A with additive, UL94 unleaded avgas
- Repairs
- airframe: minor repairs; engine: minor repairs
- Parking
- tiedown
- On the chart
- San Francisco sectional
- Magnetic variation
- 15E
- In the FAA's files since
- July 1952
Runway
Drawn to scale from the FAA's runway positions, north up. Not for navigation.
| Runway | Length × width | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12/30 | 2,621 × 75 ft | Asphalt, fair | Medium-intensity lights |
- Runway 12: VASI, two boxes on the left, pole 18 ft high 565 ft from the end
- Runway 30: VASI, two boxes on the left, right-hand traffic pattern
Radio frequencies
| Common traffic advisory (CTAF) · Tower | 119.0 | San Carlos |
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| ATIS (recorded airport information) | 125.9 | San Carlos |
| Ground | 118.025 | San Carlos |
| Approach | 133.95 | San Carlos |
| Approach (secondary) · Departure | 135.65 | San Carlos |
Automated weather (AWOS-3P), by phone 650-593-0613.
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 Carlos from the FAA register
44 aircraft are registered to owners in San Carlos, California: 40 piston singles, 2 gliders, 2 business jets. 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 California.
Accidents and incidents at or near this airport NTSB records · 54 since 1982, 2 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
- When the control tower closed; activate medium-intensity runway lights runway 12/30 and runway end identifier lights runway 12/30 - 119.0
- Applies to BOTH-FIXED wing and helicopter.
- Dir of pub works - tory a. Newman
- 7' lighted dike 100' east of centerline at threshold, extending to 60' east of centerline at end of primary surface.
- Helicopter right traffic runway 12/LEFT traffic runway 30.
- FIXED-WING right traffic runway 30/LEFT traffic runway 12.
- Unusable beyond 8 degrees left of centerline.
- Levee
- No tgl or stop and go landings when the control tower closed.
- Calm wind runway 12.
- Migratory bird act on and in the vicinity of of airport.
- 100 feet steel transmission towers and powerlines located 750 feet west and parallel to runway 12/30.
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.