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San Carlos Airport

37.51190°N
-122.25000°W
ARR / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%
DEP / DAY
0
▼ 100.0%

San Carlos Airport (KSQL/SQL) is a small general aviation airport located in San Carlos, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 2,621 feet.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

From KSFO, 10 mi away (KSQL does not publish METAR)

1h ago
Temp
65°F
Wind
15 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
KSFO 271856Z 29015G26KT 10SM FEW006 BKN014 18/13 A3005 RMK AO2 PK WND 28026/1853 SLP177 T01830128

Runways

1 installed

2,621 FT MAX
12/30
2,621 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

30
94% of ops
8,063 land · 9,322 TO
12
6% of ops
471 land · 397 TO
Runway 30 carries 94% of operations (8,063 landings, 9,322 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 6%.

Approach quality

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

30 8,063 landings
UA 4%
12 471 landings
UA 4%
Approaches to 30 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (328 UA events from 8,063 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
101.2
flights/day · 3,036 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 5pm · 12am
Day vs night
41%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 12am–8pm local, averaging 101.2 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.3× weekday (125.2 vs 96.9 daily).

Aircraft character

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

1,114 · 45%
304 · 12%
141 · 6%
127 · 5%
92 · 4%
91 · 4%
Activity is led by (45% of 2,464 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.000 —
TWR 119.000 0700-2100
TWR 326.200 0700-2100
GND 121.600 0700-2100
ATIS 125.900 0700-2100
APCH 133.950 —
APCH 135.650 —
APCH 251.050 —
APCH 310.800 —
APCH 317.600 —
APCH 338.200 —
DEP 135.650 —
DEP 310.800 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
AWOS 125.900 —
LCL/P 119.000 0700-2100
LCL/P 326.200 0700-2100
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
15° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+, UL94

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 1 PM · 1 movement every 257 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

Pilot & community notes

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

3
Apollu1
03/22/2021
About
Just Off of US-101, No Signs On US-101 Pointing The Airport,
Cpfau182
12/27/2016
San Carlos Airport
Close to trains into the city.
JohnB
06/12/2013
San Carlos Airport
Flown in several times during flight training. Now San Carlos has a well stocked aviation supply shop, San Carlos Aviation & Supply. They have a fully packed shop and what they don't have Hans will get for you.
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