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San Carlos Airport

37.51190°N
-122.25000°W
ARR / DAY
71
2.2%
DEP / DAY
79
8.5%

San Carlos Airport (KSQL/SQL) is a small general aviation airport located in San Carlos, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 2,621 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 71 arrivals and 79 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

12h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
12 kts
300°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
KSQL 022147Z 30012KT 10SM SKC 22/13 A2994

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
90% of ops
2,936 land · 3,497 TO
12
10% of ops
321 land · 361 TO
Runway 30 carries 90% of operations (2,936 landings, 3,497 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 10%.

Approach quality

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

30 2,936 landings
UA 9%
12 321 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 30 show a 9% unstable-approach rate (253 UA events from 2,936 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
121.9
flights/day · 3,656 total
Busy hour (local)
8pm
also 5pm · 6pm
Day vs night
43%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 6pm–8pm local, averaging 121.9 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.0× weekday (126.8 vs 125.8 daily).

Aircraft character

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

Activity is led by (46% of 2,961 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 212 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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