San Francisco International Airport

San Francisco International Airport (SFO/KSFO) is in San Francisco, US, 4 m above sea level. It has 4 runways and the longest is 3,618 m. See the diagram, each runway's data and what you fly over from here.

The diagram

10L28R10R28L1L19R1R19L
Drawn to scale from the real coordinates of each runway end. Runways without coordinates are not drawn.

Data

Codes
SFO · KSFO
City
San Francisco
Country
US
Coordinates
37.6198, -122.3748
Elevation
4 m · 13 ft
Time zone
America/Los_Angeles
Local time now
06:19
Airspace
Oakland
Departures observed
1,137 · 1,107 arrivals
Most seen destinations
LAX, SAN, SEA, LAS, DEN

Departures and arrivals we saw ourselves on adsb.lol traces over 2 day(s). A floor, not the total number of movements: where no receiver is nearby, nothing is seen.

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That day’s flights

What we saw take off and land on 2026-09-03, in local time here. This is not an arrivals board: it does not say what leaves today, it says what flew that day and only what the receivers managed to see.

Took off (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftTo
17:01UAL2764B38M · N17336BUR
17:02ROU1769B38M · C-GELQYVR
17:06SWA4529B737 · N205WNLAX
17:08TAP23SLA339 · CS-TUGLIS
17:12BAW2XA388 · G-XLEBLHR
17:15UAL8112A319 · N830UAPDX
17:16SKW3099E75L · N175SYSAN
17:17UAL574B738 · N87507PHX
17:18SAS936A359 · SE-RSHCPH
17:20SKW4737CRJ2 · N933EVBFL
17:21SKW5289E75L · N163SYABQ
17:22UAL2619B39M · N27515ONT
17:23UAL2755B738 · N26232EUG
17:25UAL1430B738 · N77510DEN
17:26APZ112B789 · HL8389ICN
17:27ACA744A320 · C-FZQSYYZ
17:28DAL1850B739 · N871DNLAX
17:28SKW3492E75L · N178SYSNA
17:30ASA1340B38M · N813AKSEA
17:38AAL2358A321 · N996ANORD
17:39UAL488B738 · N78285LAS
17:40UAL507B772 · N204UAFCO
17:42ASA235B39M · N931AKPDX
17:43SKW6030E75L · N603UXPSP
17:44UAL1509B753 · N73860HNL
17:45UAL948B789 · N21102LHR
17:46SKW5465E75L · N618UXBOI
17:47SKW5650E75L · N204SYSNA
17:48UAL2690A320 · N479UARNO
17:49SKW5962CRJ7 · N743SKTUS
17:50EJA426E55P · N426QSTKF
17:51CFG097A339 · D-ANRAFRA
17:53SKW5936E75L · N85363SBA
17:53QXE2160E75L · N665QXPAE
17:55SWA3546B737 · N950WNBUR
17:56UAL1561B39M · N27519SAN
17:57UAL670A320 · N453UARDM
17:58SKW3361E75L · N407SYRDM
17:59UAL1723B39M · N47446SFO
18:00LXJ539CL35 · N539FXBZN

Landed (40)

TimeCallsignAircraftFrom
17:05ASA1450B39M · N710ALSQL
17:07DAL756A21N · N604DN
17:09LXJ539CL35 · N539FX
17:11UAL1649A320 · N462UA
17:13UAL1577B753 · N57852
17:15UAL1343B752 · N13110
17:17UAL3936B753 · N57870SQL
17:19UAL2117B739 · N38451MRY
17:21SKW5256E75L · N606UX
17:22UAL1367B39M · N37560
17:24UAL1230B38M · N37313
17:25HVN98A359 · VN-A891
17:27UAL1066A320 · N473UA
17:27SWA4785B738 · N8570W
17:29UAL2019B738 · N73278
17:30ASA634B738 · N506AS
17:31UAL2478B39M · N67501
17:32UAL2633B753 · N75853
17:35SKW4793CRJ7 · N780SK
17:36UAL1702B38M · N27263
17:37UAL3931— · N57478
17:39SKW5351E75L · N624UX
17:39UAL796B38M · N47288
17:41FLE1848B38M · C-FLHI
17:44SKW4779E75L · N152SY
17:46UAL1145A320 · N472UA
17:47CMP408B39M · HP-9930CMP
17:52SKW5482E75L · N614UX
17:53ASA1385B738 · N562AS
17:56UAL1334B739 · N75429
17:59VJA131GLF4 · N131JELGB
18:06QXE2510E75L · N656QX
18:09DAL442B739 · N859DN
18:11UAL2862B739 · N75425
18:12CAL5346B77L · B-18778
18:14AAL2810A321 · N133AN
18:16SKW3313E75L · N408SYSNA
18:17BAW28KB77W · G-STBM
18:19AAL1253B738 · N961NN
18:20SWA2922B737 · N959WNBUR

The callsign is what the aircraft transmits by radio. It usually matches the commercial flight number, but not always: sometimes it is the registration.

Showing the first 40 in each direction.

Runways (4)

RunwayLength SurfaceHeadings
10L/28R3,618 m · 11,870 ftasphalt118° · 298°
10R/28L3,469 m · 11,381 ftasphalt118° · 298°
1R/19L2,640 m · 8,660 ftasphalt28° · 208°
1L/19R2,332 m · 7,650 ftasphalt28° · 208°

An asterisk marks a heading derived from the runway number rather than measured. The number is a magnetic heading and the measured one is true: the derived value carries the local magnetic declination, up to 20 degrees.

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