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Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport

43.39390°N
-70.70800°W
ARR / DAY
25
▲ 8.6%
DEP / DAY
20
▲ 10.4%

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 25 arrivals and 20 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

51m ago
Temp
82°F
Wind
9 kts
250°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSFM 131856Z AUTO 25009KT 10SM SCT055 SCT070 28/16 A2980 RMK AO2 LTG DSNT N SLP094 T02780156

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
37% of ops
577 land · 563 TO
25
27% of ops
416 land · 513 TO
14
12% of ops
193 land · 192 TO
07
12% of ops
191 land · 53 TO
01
6% of ops
101 land · 5 TO
19
5% of ops
82 land · 6 TO
Runway 32 carries 37% of operations (577 landings, 563 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

32 577 landings
UA 13%
25 416 landings
UA 8%
14 193 landings
UA 7%
07 191 landings
UA 4%
01 101 landings
UA 3%
19 82 landings
UA 11%
Approaches to 32 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (77 UA events from 577 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
35.8
flights/day · 1,075 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 35.8 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (36.0 vs 37.5 daily).

Aircraft character

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

261 · 35%
87 · 12%
54 · 7%
42 · 6%
39 · 5%
33 · 4%
Activity is led by (35% of 743 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
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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