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KSQL · SQL

San Carlos Airport

37.51190°N
-122.25000°W
ARR / DAY
49
17.3%
DEP / DAY
49
26.0%

San Carlos Airport (KSQL/SQL) is a small general aviation airport located in San Carlos, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 2,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 49 arrivals and 49 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

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

1h ago
Temp
64°F
Wind
13 kts
270°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSFO 010056Z 27013KT 10SM FEW008 BKN027 18/11 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP135 T01780111

Runways

1 installed

2,600 FT MAX
12/30
2,600 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

30
95% of ops
2,930 land · 3,224 TO
12
5% of ops
161 land · 166 TO
Runway 30 carries 95% of operations (2,930 landings, 3,224 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 5%.

Approach quality

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

30 2,930 landings
UA 3%
12 161 landings
UA 7%
Approaches to 30 show a 3% unstable-approach rate (101 UA events from 2,930 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
97.3
flights/day · 2,919 total
Busy hour (local)
9pm
also 12am · 5pm
Day vs night
40%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–9pm local, averaging 97.3 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.5× weekday (135.0 vs 87.6 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (48% of 2,426 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 11 AM · 1 movement every 277 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
3/22/2021
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
6/12/2013
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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