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Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport

43.39390°N
-70.70800°W
ARR / DAY
15
▼ 27.0%
DEP / DAY
15
▼ 25.5%

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 15 arrivals and 15 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

15h ago
Temp
34°F
Wind
12 kts
30°
Visib
—
Ceil
—
METAR KSFM 270756Z AUTO 03012KT 2 1/2SM -RA BR OVC006 13/12 A2990 RMK AO2 CIG 004V008 SLP129 P0002 T01280122

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
32% of ops
243 land · 257 TO
07
30% of ops
226 land · 111 TO
25
15% of ops
112 land · 135 TO
14
13% of ops
95 land · 147 TO
19
5% of ops
39 land · 6 TO
01
5% of ops
38 land · 4 TO
Runway 32 carries 32% of operations (243 landings, 257 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 30%.

Approach quality

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

32 243 landings
UA 19%
07 226 landings
UA 9%
25 112 landings
UA 13%
14 95 landings
UA 9%
19 39 landings
UA 0%
01 38 landings
UA 3%
Approaches to 32 show a 19% unstable-approach rate (45 UA events from 243 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
33.9
flights/day · 1,017 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 5pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–5pm local, averaging 33.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (43.1 vs 32.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

202 · 31%
130 · 20%
48 · 7%
30 · 5%
22 · 3%
21 · 3%
Activity is led by (31% of 661 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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