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Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport

43.39390°N
-70.70800°W
ARR / DAY
19
▲ 8.1%
DEP / DAY
18
▲ 9.5%

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 19 arrivals and 18 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

11h ago
Temp
57°F
Wind
5 kts
20°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSFM 130056Z AUTO 02005KT 10SM BKN060 14/12 A2983 RMK AO2 SLP104 T01440122

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
27% of ops
205 land · 215 TO
07
27% of ops
204 land · 114 TO
25
25% of ops
190 land · 228 TO
14
12% of ops
88 land · 113 TO
19
5% of ops
40 land · 3 TO
01
4% of ops
30 land · 4 TO
Runway 32 carries 27% of operations (205 landings, 215 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 07 at 27%.

Approach quality

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

32 205 landings
UA 12%
07 204 landings
UA 9%
25 190 landings
UA 9%
14 88 landings
UA 9%
19 40 landings
UA 8%
01 30 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 32 show a 12% unstable-approach rate (24 UA events from 205 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
32.1
flights/day · 962 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
79%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 32.1 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (38.4 vs 31.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

223 · 36%
105 · 17%
29 · 5%
24 · 4%
24 · 4%
22 · 4%
Activity is led by (36% of 620 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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