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Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport

43.39390°N
-70.70800°W
ARR / DAY
2
▼ 92.1%
DEP / DAY
2
▼ 91.7%

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 6,389 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 2 arrivals and 2 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

38m ago
Temp
48°F
Wind
4 kts
240°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSFM 260356Z AUTO 24004KT 10SM CLR 09/08 A3004 RMK AO2 SLP173 T00890083 402720089

Runways

3 installed

6,389 FT MAX
01/19
6,000 ft × 150
ASP○ unlitCLOSED
07/25
6,389 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
4,999 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

32
30% of ops
601 land · 643 TO
25
22% of ops
452 land · 548 TO
07
18% of ops
362 land · 166 TO
14
16% of ops
318 land · 378 TO
19
7% of ops
152 land · 17 TO
01
7% of ops
146 land · 1 TO
Runway 32 carries 30% of operations (601 landings, 643 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 22%.

Approach quality

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

32 601 landings
UA 8%
25 452 landings
UA 8%
07 362 landings
UA 9%
14 318 landings
UA 10%
19 152 landings
UA 9%
01 146 landings
UA 0%
Approaches to 32 show a 8% unstable-approach rate (48 UA events from 601 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
29.9
flights/day · 897 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 4pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 29.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.6× weekday (43.0 vs 26.3 daily).

Aircraft character

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

247 · 39%
69 · 11%
50 · 8%
37 · 6%
27 · 4%
25 · 4%
Activity is led by (39% of 639 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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Nubianace
05/08/2020
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