SAT

San Antonio International Airport

ICAO KSAT29.5337°N 98.4698°W809 ft / 247 mLarge airport
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San Antonio International Airport (IATA: SAT, ICAO: KSAT) is a large airport in San Antonio, Texas, United States. It opened in 1941. It has 3 runways; the longest is 8,505 ft (2,592 m). In 2025 it handled 10.6 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1941–1941
1941
OpenedSan Antonio International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal BTerminal A
04/22041° / 221° · LIT
LENGTH8,505 ft2,592 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
13R/31L132° / 312° · LIT
LENGTH8,502 ft2,591 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
13L/31R132° / 312° · LIT
LENGTH5,519 ft1,682 mWIDTH100 ft31 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025
8.4M
8.4M
8.6M
9.0M
9.9M
10.3M
4.0M
7.4M
9.5M
10.7M
11.1M
10.6M
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Routes

22 destinations · 2 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km500 mi1,000 mi1,500 miIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 190 mi / 306 kmMTY · Monterrey International Airport · 278 mi / 448 kmBJX · Guanajuato International Airport · 620 mi / 997 kmQRO · Querétaro Intercontinental Airport · 625 mi / 1,006 kmMEX · Mexico City Benito Juárez International Airport · 698 mi / 1,124 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 795 mi / 1,280 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 873 mi / 1,405 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 1,042 mi / 1,677 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 1,087 mi / 1,749 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 1,099 mi / 1,768 kmLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 1,209 mi / 1,945 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 1,214 mi / 1,954 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 1,360 mi / 2,189 kmSFO · San Francisco International Airport · 1,480 mi / 2,382 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 1,567 mi / 2,522 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 1,585 mi / 2,551 kmBOS · Boston Logan International Airport · 1,762 mi / 2,835 kmSEA · Seattle–Tacoma International Airport · 1,773 mi / 2,854 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 247 mi / 398 kmTRC · Francisco Sarabia Tinoco International Airport · 408 mi / 657 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 841 mi / 1,354 kmMIA · Miami International Airport · 1,141 mi / 1,836 kmSEABOSJFKSFOIADDTWLAXMIAMSPSLCORDATLPHXDENMEXBJXTRCMTYDFWIAHQROEWRSAT
Year-round18
IAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines306 km190 miMTYMonterrey International AirportMexico · Viva448 km278 miBJXGuanajuato International AirportMexico · Viva997 km620 miQROQuerétaro Intercontinental AirportMexico · Viva1,006 km625 miMEXMexico City Benito Juárez International AirportMexico · Viva1,124 km698 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · United Airlines1,280 km795 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,405 km873 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, United Airlines1,677 km1,042 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,749 km1,087 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,768 km1,099 miLAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · American Eagle, Delta Air Lines1,945 km1,209 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines1,954 km1,214 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,189 km1,360 miSFOSan Francisco International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,382 km1,480 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,522 km1,567 miJFKJohn F. Kennedy International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,551 km1,585 miBOSBoston Logan International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,835 km1,762 miSEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · Alaska Airlines2,854 km1,773 mi
Most destinationsDelta Air Lines 7United Airlines 6Viva 5American Eagle 5Alaska Airlines 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SAT. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “San Antonio International Airport” (revision of 9 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers10.6M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#204of 3,974 · #52 North America · #42 USLongest runway8,505 ft2,592 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#2,140of 29,823 · #461 North America · #341 USElevation809 ft247 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=21,202of 43,341 · =9,923 North America · =8,146 USAgeOpened 19412026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=1,548of 15,079 · =737 North America · =705 USRunways31 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=151of 29,943 · =83 North America · =81 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

7 channels
A/DAPP/DEP118.050
ATISATIS118.900
CLDCLNC DEL126.700
GNDGND121.900
RDOSAN ANGELO RDO122.200
TWRTWR119.800
UNICUNICOM122.950