SAN

San Diego International Airport

ICAO KSAN32.7336°N 117.1900°W17 ft / 5 mLarge airport
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KSAN - FAA Airport Diagram
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San Diego International Airport (IATA: SAN, ICAO: KSAN) is a large airport in San Diego, California, United States. It opened on 16 Aug 1928. It has one runway, 9,401 ft (2,865 m) long, asphalt. In 2025 it handled 25.5 million passengers.

Timeline

2 events · 1928–1978
16 AUG 1928
OpenedSan Diego International Airport opens.
25 SEP 1978
DisasterPacific Southwest Airlines Flight 182.144 killed
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal 2 EastTerminal 2 WestTerminal 2 WestTerminal 1
09/27106° / 286° · LIT
LENGTH9,401 ft2,865 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
18.8M
20.3M
21.0M
22.5M
24.5M
25.5M
9.4M
15.8M
22.4M
24.4M
25.5M
25.5M
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Routes

68 destinations · 6 countries
2,500 km5,000 km7,500 km2,500 mi5,000 miLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 109 mi / 176 kmSBA · Santa Barbara Municipal Airport · 192 mi / 309 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 259 mi / 417 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 304 mi / 489 kmFAT · Fresno Yosemite International Airport · 314 mi / 505 kmTUS · Tucson International Airport · 367 mi / 591 kmSJC · Mineta San Jose International Airport · 417 mi / 671 kmOAK · Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport · 446 mi / 718 kmSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 447 mi / 719 kmSMF · Sacramento International Airport · 480 mi / 773 kmRNO · Reno Tahoe International Airport · 489 mi / 787 kmSTS · Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport · 509 mi / 819 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 626 mi / 1,008 kmABQ · Albuquerque International Sunport · 627 mi / 1,009 kmELP · El Paso International Airport · 634 mi / 1,021 kmBOI · Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Field · 750 mi / 1,207 kmSJD · Los Cabos International Airport · 803 mi / 1,293 kmCOS · City of Colorado Springs Municipal Airport · 815 mi / 1,312 kmEUG · Eugene Airport · 851 mi / 1,370 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 852 mi / 1,371 kmPDX · Portland International Airport · 934 mi / 1,503 kmGEG · Spokane International Airport · 1,029 mi / 1,656 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 1,051 mi / 1,692 kmPVR · Puerto Vallarta International Airport · 1,110 mi / 1,787 kmSAT · San Antonio International Airport · 1,127 mi / 1,814 kmAUS · Austin Bergstrom International Airport · 1,163 mi / 1,871 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 1,168 mi / 1,880 kmYVR · Vancouver International Airport · 1,179 mi / 1,897 kmDAL · Dallas Love Field · 1,180 mi / 1,899 kmYYC · Calgary International Airport · 1,281 mi / 2,061 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 1,301 mi / 2,093 kmHOU · William P. Hobby Airport · 1,310 mi / 2,109 kmOMA · Eppley Airfield · 1,310 mi / 2,109 kmMCI · Kansas City International Airport · 1,331 mi / 2,142 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 1,530 mi / 2,463 kmSTL · St. Louis Lambert International Airport · 1,554 mi / 2,501 kmMSY · Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport · 1,596 mi / 2,568 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 1,720 mi / 2,768 kmMDW · Chicago Midway International Airport · 1,725 mi / 2,776 kmMKE · General Mitchell International Airport · 1,735 mi / 2,793 kmBNA · Nashville International Airport · 1,747 mi / 2,812 kmIND · Indianapolis International Airport · 1,778 mi / 2,862 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 1,888 mi / 3,038 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 1,952 mi / 3,142 kmCMH · John Glenn Columbus International Airport · 1,960 mi / 3,154 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 2,072 mi / 3,335 kmTPA · Tampa International Airport · 2,083 mi / 3,352 kmPIT · Pittsburgh International Airport · 2,102 mi / 3,383 kmMCO · Orlando International Airport · 2,145 mi / 3,452 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 2,248 mi / 3,618 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 2,264 mi / 3,643 kmBWI · Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport · 2,290 mi / 3,686 kmPHL · Philadelphia International Airport · 2,365 mi / 3,806 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 2,420 mi / 3,895 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 2,441 mi / 3,928 kmOGG · Kahului International Airport · 2,538 mi / 4,084 kmKOA · Ellison Onizuka Kona International Airport at Keāhole · 2,553 mi / 4,108 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 2,582 mi / 4,156 kmHNL · Daniel K. Inouye International Airport · 2,610 mi / 4,201 kmLIH · Lihue Airport · 2,672 mi / 4,300 kmLHR · London Heathrow Airport · 5,472 mi / 8,807 kmNRT · Narita International Airport · 5,545 mi / 8,924 kmAMS · Amsterdam Airport Schiphol · 5,600 mi / 9,012 kmBZN · Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport · 957 mi / 1,540 kmFLL · Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport · 2,264 mi / 3,644 kmTIJ · General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport · 19 mi / 30 kmONT · Ontario International Airport · 94 mi / 152 kmSDF · Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport · 1,801 mi / 2,898 kmAMSNRTLIHBOSBWIFLLCLTMKEMSYSTLYYCYVRSATPVRBZNDENEUGELPSTSLASLHRKOAJFKMCOCMHATLSDFMSPOMADALGEGSJDBOIABQSLCTUSSBAHNLPHLPITDTWINDBNAMDWMCIHOUSEAPDXCOSRNOSJCFATPHXONTOGGTPAAUSSMFSAN
Year-round63
LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines176 km109 miSBASanta Barbara Municipal AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines309 km192 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, Southwest Airlines417 km259 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines489 km304 miFATFresno Yosemite International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines505 km314 miTUSTucson International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines591 km367 miSJCMineta San Jose International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines671 km417 miOAKOakland San Francisco Bay AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines718 km446 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines719 km447 miSMFSacramento International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines773 km480 miRNOReno Tahoe International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines787 km489 miSTSCharles M. Schulz Sonoma County AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines819 km509 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines1,008 km626 miABQAlbuquerque International SunportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,009 km627 miELPEl Paso International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,021 km634 miBOIBoise Air Terminal/Gowen FieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,207 km750 miSJDLos Cabos International AirportMexico · Southwest Airlines1,293 km803 miCOSCity of Colorado Springs Municipal AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,312 km815 miEUGEugene AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,370 km851 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines, Southwest Airlines1,371 km852 miPDXPortland International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,503 km934 miGEGSpokane International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,656 km1,029 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines1,692 km1,051 miPVRPuerto Vallarta International AirportMexico · Southwest Airlines1,787 km1,110 miSATSan Antonio International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,814 km1,127 miAUSAustin Bergstrom International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines1,871 km1,163 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, American Airlines1,880 km1,168 miYVRVancouver International AirportCanada · Air Canada Express1,897 km1,179 miDALDallas Love FieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines1,899 km1,180 miYYCCalgary International AirportCanada · WestJet2,061 km1,281 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,093 km1,301 miHOUWilliam P. Hobby AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,109 km1,310 miOMAEppley AirfieldUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,109 km1,310 miMCIKansas City International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,142 km1,331 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,463 km1,530 miSTLSt. Louis Lambert International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,501 km1,554 miMSYLouis Armstrong New Orleans International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,568 km1,596 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, American Airlines2,768 km1,720 miMDWChicago Midway International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,776 km1,725 miMKEGeneral Mitchell International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,793 km1,735 miBNANashville International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,812 km1,747 miINDIndianapolis International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines2,862 km1,778 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,038 km1,888 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,142 km1,952 miCMHJohn Glenn Columbus International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,154 km1,960 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,335 km2,072 miTPATampa International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,352 km2,083 miPITPittsburgh International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,383 km2,102 miMCOOrlando International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,452 km2,145 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,618 km2,248 miMIAMiami International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,643 km2,264 miBWIBaltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines3,686 km2,290 miPHLPhiladelphia International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,806 km2,365 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,895 km2,420 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,928 km2,441 miOGGKahului International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines4,084 km2,538 miKOAEllison Onizuka Kona International Airport at KeāholeUnited States · Southwest Airlines4,108 km2,553 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines, Southwest Airlines4,156 km2,582 miHNLDaniel K. Inouye International AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines4,201 km2,610 miLIHLihue AirportUnited States · Southwest Airlines4,300 km2,672 miLHRLondon Heathrow AirportUnited Kingdom · British Airways8,807 km5,472 miNRTNarita International AirportJapan · Japan Airlines8,924 km5,545 miAMSAmsterdam Airport SchipholNetherlands · KLM9,012 km5,600 mi
Most destinationsSouthwest Airlines 47Delta Air Lines 8United Airlines 7American Airlines 6Frontier Airlines 5UPS Airlines 2

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SAN. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “San Diego International Airport” (revision of 23 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers25.5M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#91of 3,974 · #28 North America · #24 USLongest runway9,401 ft2,865 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#1,538of 29,823 · #325 North America · #240 USElevation17 ft5 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=41,661of 43,341 · =18,809 North America · =15,388 USAgeOpened 19282026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=323of 15,079 · =58 North America · =57 USRunways11 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=4,360of 29,943 · =2,582 North America · =2,325 US
Scale: share of airports ranked below, best on the right · ties shown as = and a band · passengers are each airport’s latest year on record

Radio frequencies

9 channels
A/DSOCAL A/D WEST119.600
ATISATIS134.800
CLDCLNC DEL125.900
GNDLINDBERGH GROUND123.900
MISCCG157.150
MISCCG898.400
TWRLINDBERGH TWR118.300
UNICUNICOM122.950
A/DSOCAL A/D EAST124.350