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Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport

43.39390°N
-70.70800°W
ARR / DAY
20
▼ 26.4%
DEP / DAY
17
▼ 36.2%

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 20 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

46m ago
Temp
68°F
Wind
0 kts
0°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSFM 062356Z AUTO 00000KT 10SM CLR 20/14 A3020 RMK AO2 SLPNO 6//// T02000144 10250 20200 53000

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
35% of ops
289 land · 306 TO
25
28% of ops
227 land · 266 TO
14
11% of ops
94 land · 91 TO
07
11% of ops
89 land · 29 TO
01
8% of ops
64 land · 1 TO
19
7% of ops
55 land · 16 TO
Runway 32 carries 35% of operations (289 landings, 306 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 28%.

Approach quality

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

32 289 landings
UA 32%
25 227 landings
UA 22%
14 94 landings
UA 15%
07 89 landings
UA 3%
01 64 landings
UA 11%
19 55 landings
UA 15%
Approaches to 32 show a 32% unstable-approach rate (92 UA events from 289 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
35.0
flights/day · 1,050 total
Busy hour (local)
3pm
also 1pm · 5pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 3pm–5pm local, averaging 35.0 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (38.9 vs 35.2 daily).

Aircraft character

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

322 · 43%
72 · 10%
42 · 6%
41 · 5%
33 · 4%
31 · 4%
Activity is led by (43% of 754 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 —
OTHER 128.200 —
WATERBOR 128.200 —
OTHER 263.050 —
WATERBOR 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

1 comment from OurAirports — click to expand

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Nubianace
05/08/2020
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