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Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport

43.39390°N
-70.70800°W
ARR / DAY
23
▼ 9.9%
DEP / DAY
19
▼ 8.4%

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 23 arrivals and 19 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
1

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

21h 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
538 land · 546 TO
25
26% of ops
374 land · 479 TO
14
13% of ops
186 land · 187 TO
07
13% of ops
183 land · 52 TO
01
7% of ops
96 land · 5 TO
19
6% of ops
85 land · 6 TO
Runway 32 carries 37% of operations (538 landings, 546 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 26%.

Approach quality

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

32 538 landings
UA 13%
25 374 landings
UA 9%
14 186 landings
UA 8%
07 183 landings
UA 4%
01 96 landings
UA 3%
19 85 landings
UA 13%
Approaches to 32 show a 13% unstable-approach rate (70 UA events from 538 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
36.2
flights/day · 1,085 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 3pm · 6pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–6pm local, averaging 36.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 0.9× weekday (36.0 vs 38.0 daily).

Aircraft character

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

261 · 35%
87 · 12%
55 · 7%
39 · 5%
39 · 5%
32 · 4%
Activity is led by (35% of 745 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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