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📍 San Francisco⬆ 13 ft4 runways
KSFO · SFO

San Francisco International Airport

37.61900°N
-122.37500°W
ARR / DAY
540
▼ 19.6%
DEP / DAY
503
▼ 22.0%
ON-TIME
83.2% Top 25%
arr · avg 5 min
dep · 100% · avg -17 min cal
AVG DELAY
5 min
7d window

San Francisco International Airport (KSFO/SFO) is a large international airport located in San Francisco, CA. It features 4 runways with the longest being 11,870 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 540 arrivals and 503 departures per day on average over the last 7 days, served by 50 carriers across 149 routes. The most active carrier is United Airlines (UAL). The busiest route is to Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX). On-time performance averages 83% with an average delay of 5 minutes against scheduled times. At the busiest hour of an average day, we calculated that a plane takes off or lands roughly every 41 seconds.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

39m ago
Temp
32°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSFO 131725Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 16/12 A3009 RMK T01600120 MADISHF

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
TWR 120.500 24
TWR 269.100 24
GND 121.800 24
GND 124.250 24
CLR 118.200 24
ATIS 113.700 24
ATIS 115.800 24
ATIS 118.850 24
APCH 120.900 —
APCH 125.350 —
APCH 127.000 —
APCH 128.325 —
APCH 133.950 —
APCH 134.500 —
APCH 135.100 —
APCH 251.050 —
APCH 254.250 —
APCH 298.950 —
APCH 307.200 —
APCH 310.800 —
APCH 317.600 —
APCH 323.200 —
APCH 338.200 —
APCH 354.100 —
DEP 120.900 —
DEP 135.100 —
DEP 307.200 —
DEP 323.200 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
SFO VOT 111.000 —
OTHER 111.000 —
LCL/P 120.500 24
DUMB DP 120.900 —
TRUKN DP 120.900 —
SNTNA DP 120.900 —
SHORELIN 120.900 —
SAN FRAN 120.900 —
CIITY DP 120.900 —
REBAS DP 120.900 —
CLASS B 120.900 —
QUIET DP 120.900 —
NIITE DP 120.900 —
GAP DP 120.900 —
FOGGG DP 120.900 —
OTHER 120.900 —
EMERG 121.500 24
CLASS B 125.350 —
CLASS B 127.000 —
DYAMD ST 128.325 —
MODESTO 128.325 —
YOSEM ST 128.325 —
ALWYS ST 128.325 —
OTHER 128.325 —
BIG SUR 128.575 —
WWAVS ST 128.575 —
SERFR ST 128.575 —
OTHER 128.575 —
STINS ST 133.950 —
STLER ST 133.950 —
CLASS B 133.950 —
POINT RE 133.950 —
PIRAT ST 133.950 —
BDEGA ST 133.950 —
OTHER 133.950 —
RISTI ST 134.500 —
CLASS B 134.500 —
OTHER 134.500 —
SSTIK DP 135.100 —
QUIET DP 135.100 —
CLASS B 135.100 —
LUVVE DP 135.100 —
WESLA DP 135.100 —
MOLEN DP 135.100 —
SEGUL DP 135.100 —
GAPP DP 135.100 —
SAHEY DP 135.100 —
PORTE DP 135.100 —
EUGEN DP 135.100 —
GNNRR DP 135.100 —
OTHER 135.100 —
WWAVS ST 254.250 —
SERFR ST 254.250 —
BIG SUR 254.250 —
OTHER 254.250 —
MODESTO 254.300 —
YOSEM ST 254.300 —
ALWYS ST 254.300 —
DYAMD ST 254.300 —
OTHER 254.300 —
LCL/P 269.100 24
CLASS B 298.950 —
EUGEN DP 307.200 —
QUIET DP 307.200 —
PORTE DP 307.200 —
CLASS B 307.200 —
SAHEY DP 307.200 —
WESLA DP 307.200 —
SEAGUL D 307.200 —
GAPP DP 307.200 —
MOLEN DP 307.200 —
LUVVE DP 307.200 —
GNNRR DP 307.200 —
SSTIK DP 307.200 —
OFFSHORE 307.200 —
OTHER 307.200 —
STLER ST 317.600 —
POINT RE 317.600 —
STINS ST 317.600 —
PIRAT ST 317.600 —
CLASS B 317.600 —
BDEGA ST 317.600 —
OTHER 317.600 —
CLASS B 323.200 —
SNTNA DP 323.200 —
SHORELIN 323.200 —
SAN FRAN 323.200 —
REBAS DP 323.200 —
CIITY DP 323.200 —
QUIET DP 323.200 —
TRUKN DP 323.200 —
GAPP DP 323.200 —
FOGGG DP 323.200 —
DUMB DP 323.200 —
NIITE DP 323.200 —
OTHER 323.200 —
RISTI ST 338.200 —
CLASS B 338.200 —
OTHER 338.200 —
CLASS B 354.100 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
14° E
Fuel:
100LL, A++

Destination network

Great-circle routes from KSFO · last 7d

146 destinations
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Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 5 PM · 1 movement every 41 s
12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Top routes

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Route Operator Flights Avg enroute
SFOEWR
Newark, US
United Airlines 118 5h 35m
SFOLAX
Los Angeles, US
United Airlines 107 1h 23m
SFOIAH
Houston, US
United Airlines 107 3h 36m
SFOORD
Chicago, US
United Airlines 96 4h 14m
SFODFW
Dallas-Fort Worth, US
American Airlines 92 3h 41m
SFOLAS
Las Vegas, US
United Airlines 91 1h 35m
SFOSNA
Santa Ana, US
SKY West Aviation 90 1h 21m
SFODEN
Denver, US
United Airlines 87 2h 32m
SFOSEA
Seattle, US
Alaska Airlines 79 2h 5m
SFOSAN
San Diego, US
United Airlines 79 1h 41m
SFOIAD
Washington, DC, US
United Airlines 75 5h 18m
SFOORD
Chicago, US
American Airlines 74 4h 26m
SFOLAX
Los Angeles, US
Delta AIR Lines 70 1h 20m
SFOATL
Atlanta, US
Delta AIR Lines 69 4h 40m
SFOLAX
Los Angeles, US
Alaska Airlines 62 1h 24m
SFOJFK
New York, US
Delta AIR Lines 62 5h 44m
SFOLAX
Los Angeles, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 56 1h 24m
SFOAUS
Austin, US
United Airlines 54 3h 38m
SFOBOS
Boston, US
United Airlines 54 5h 50m
SFOSAN
San Diego, US
Southwest Airlines Co. (SAN Antonio 52 1h 43m
© SkyMeter · All flight data subject to ODbL attribution · Updated 18:04 UTC