United States · FAA Large hub
San Francisco International Airport
SFO · KSFO · San Francisco, CA · United States
Reference
- IATA / ICAO
- SFO · KSFO · FAA LID SFO
- Country
- United States
- Hub tier
- FAA Large hub
- Coordinates
- 37.6213, -122.3790
- Elevation
- 13 ft (4 m)
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Owner / operator
- City and County of San Francisco
- Opened
- 1927
- Customs / international
- Yes
Location
Map © Google. Click the marker for the airport's Google Maps page.
Traffic
Runways
| Designator | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|
| 01L/19R | 7,650 ft (2,332 m) | Asphalt |
| 01R/19L | 8,650 ft (2,637 m) | Asphalt |
| 10L/28R | 11,870 ft (3,618 m) | Asphalt |
| 10R/28L | 11,381 ft (3,469 m) | Asphalt |
Carriers
| Carrier | Type | Alliance | Role | Flights/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
United Airlines
UA · UAL
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Hub | ~330 /day |
|
Alaska Airlines
AS · ASA
|
Mainline | oneworld | Focus | ~100 /day |
|
American Airlines
AA · AAL
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | ~30 /day |
|
Delta Air Lines
DL · DAL
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | ~30 /day |
|
Southwest Airlines
WN · SWA
|
LCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
JetBlue Airways
B6 · JBU
|
LCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Spirit Airlines
NK · NKS
|
ULCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Frontier Airlines
F9 · FFT
|
ULCC | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Hawaiian Airlines
HA · HAL
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
Aer Lingus
EI · EIN
|
Mainline | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Aeroméxico
AM · AMX
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | — |
|
Air Canada
AC · ACA
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
Air China
CA · CCA
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
Air France
AF · AFR
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | — |
|
Air India
AI · AIC
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
Air New Zealand
NZ · ANZ
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
All Nippon Airways
NH · ANA
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
British Airways
BA · BAW
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
Cathay Pacific
CX · CPA
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
China Airlines
CI · CAL
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | — |
|
China Eastern
MU · CES
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | — |
|
Emirates
EK · UAE
|
Mainline | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
EVA Air
BR · EVA
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
Finnair
AY · FIN
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
Iberia
IB · IBE
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
Japan Airlines
JL · JAL
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
KLM
KL · KLM
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | — |
|
Korean Air
KE · KAL
|
Mainline | SkyTeam | Operator | — |
|
Lufthansa
LH · DLH
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
Philippine Airlines
PR · PAL
|
Mainline | Unaligned | Operator | — |
|
Qantas
QF · QFA
|
Mainline | oneworld | Operator | — |
|
Singapore Airlines
SQ · SIA
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
Swiss
LX · SWR
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
|
Turkish Airlines
TK · THY
|
Mainline | Star Alliance | Operator | — |
Daily-flight figures are approximate, sourced from public airport / airline disclosures. Comprehensive per-carrier volume data lives in the US DOT BTS T-100 segment dataset and is a planned upgrade.
Live conditions
METAR / TAF from NOAA Aviation Weather Center · NOTAMs from FAA NOTAM Search. Live data refreshed on each page load.
History
Opened 1927 as Mills Field on land leased from rancher Darius Mills; renamed San Francisco Airport in 1931 after the city assumed ownership. United Airlines' largest west-coast hub and the carrier's transpacific gateway. The intersecting parallel-pair runway layout (two pairs at 90 degrees to each other) is unusual and creates the airport's well-known fog-related delay sensitivity, since simultaneous parallel approaches require visual separation in low visibility.
More about this airport
- Official website: https://www.flysfo.com/
- Wikipedia: San Francisco International Airport
About this profile
Reference data (codes, coordinates, elevation, runways, owner, opening date) is curated from each airport's official authority page, the FAA's airport reference system for US airports, NAV CANADA and Transport Canada for Canadian airports, and AFAC and the operating concessionaire for Mexican airports. Latest passenger figures are CY 2023 totals where confidently sourced.
Live METAR and TAF are fetched from NOAA's Aviation Weather Center on each page load. NOTAMs (US airports) are fetched from the FAA NOTAM Search. If a source is unreachable when this page loads, the corresponding section displays an "unavailable" message rather than a blank or stale value.
This data is re-verified on a recurring monthly cadence aligned to the FAA's NASR 28-day cycle.