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Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport

43.39390°N
-70.70800°W
ARR / DAY
7
▼ 55.8%
DEP / DAY
7
▼ 40.2%

Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport (KSFM/SFM) is a small general aviation airport located in Sanford, ME, 47 mi north east of Manchester. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,000 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 7 arrivals and 7 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

19h ago
Temp
54°F
Wind
11 kts
310°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSFM 111856Z AUTO 31011G16KT 10SM SCT050 12/M01 A2986 RMK AO2 SLP113 T01171006

Runways

3 installed

6,000 FT MAX
01/19
6,000 ft × 150
ASP○ unlitCLOSED
07/25
6,000 ft × 150
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
4,999 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

32
34% of ops
193 land · 229 TO
25
27% of ops
150 land · 168 TO
07
19% of ops
105 land · 48 TO
14
9% of ops
49 land · 52 TO
01
8% of ops
43 land · 3 TO
19
4% of ops
22 land · 0 TO
Runway 32 carries 34% of operations (193 landings, 229 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 27%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

32 193 landings
UA 17%
25 150 landings
UA 7%
07 105 landings
UA 8%
14 49 landings
UA 12%
01 43 landings
UA 7%
19 22 landings
UA 9%
Approaches to 32 show a 17% unstable-approach rate (32 UA events from 193 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
23.0
flights/day · 691 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 2pm · 6pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–6pm local, averaging 23.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (28.1 vs 22.2 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

178 · 38%
76 · 16%
27 · 6%
23 · 5%
17 · 4%
16 · 3%
Activity is led by (38% of 467 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-10-29
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 119.750 —
APCH 269.350 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
AWOS 120.025 —
CD/P 121.725 —
OTHER 121.725 —
WATERBOR 128.200 —
OTHER 128.200 —
WATERBOR 263.050 —
OTHER 263.050 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZBW
Mag var:
17° W
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

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5/8/2020
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