San Francisco International Airport

ICAO KSFO37.6198°N 122.3748°W13 ft / 4 mLarge airport

KSFO Airport Diagram — Federal Aviation Administration · Public domain · Commons

San Francisco International Airport (IATA: SFO, ICAO: KSFO) is a large airport in San Francisco, California, United States. It opened on 7 May 1927. It has 4 runways; the longest is 11,870 ft (3,618 m). It is operated by City and County of San Francisco. In 2025 it handled 53.1 million passengers.

Timeline

7 events · 1927–2013

07 MAY 1927

OpenedSan Francisco International Airport opens.

24 DEC 1964

DisasterFlying Tiger Line Flight 282.3 killed

28 JUN 1965

DisasterPan Am Flight 843.No deaths

25 DEC 1965

DisasterJapan Airlines Flight 813.No deaths

22 NOV 1968

DisasterJapan Airlines Flight 2.No deaths

06 JUL 2013

DisasterAviation accident.

06 JUL 2013

DisasterAsiana Airlines Flight 214.3 killed

From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF

10L/28R118° / 298° · LIT

LENGTH11,870 ft3,618 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt

10R/28L118° / 298° · LIT

LENGTH11,381 ft3,469 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt

01R/19L028° / 208° · LIT

LENGTH8,650 ft2,637 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt

01L/19R028° / 208° · LIT

LENGTH7,650 ft2,332 mWIDTH200 ft61 mSURFACEAsphalt

Passengers per year

2014–2025

47.1M

48.9M

51.9M

54.3M

56.3M

55.9M

15.7M

23.5M

41.1M

48.8M

50.7M

53.1M

141516171819202122232425

Routes

149 destinations · 36 countries

Year-round122

Seasonal37

Cargo6

LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Air Incheon, ABX Air, Korean Air +1543 km337 mi SEASeattle–Tacoma International AirportUnited States · DHL Aviation1,093 km679 mi AFWPerot Field/Fort Worth Alliance AirportUnited States · FedEx Express2,324 km1,444 mi MEMFrederick W. Smith International AirportUnited States · FedEx Express2,902 km1,803 mi CVGCincinnati Northern Kentucky International AirportUnited States · ABX Air, DHL Aviation3,269 km2,031 mi ICNIncheon International AirportSouth Korea · Air Incheon, Korean Air9,085 km5,645 mi

Most destinationsUnited Airlines 99United Express 39Alaska Airlines 25Southwest Airlines 13Frontier Airlines 10Delta Air Lines 9

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SFO. Dashed: seasonal or charter. Blue: cargo. From the Wikipedia article “San Francisco International Airport” (revision of 26 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country

Passengers53.1M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#29of 3,974 · #9 North America · #9 US Longest runway11,870 ft3,618 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft#370of 29,823 · #97 North America · #86 US Elevation13 ft4 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=42,021of 43,341 · =18,964 North America · =15,488 US AgeOpened 19272026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=280of 15,079 · =42 North America · =40 US Runways41 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=41of 29,943 · =20 North America · =19 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

12 channels

APPNORCAL APP INITIAL CONTACT134.500

ATISATIS113.700

AWOSAWOS 1118.050

CLDCLNC DEL118.200

DEPNORCAL DEP NW-EAST120.900

GNDGND121.800

MISCUSCG34.500

TWRTWR120.500

UNICUNICOM122.950

APPNORCAL APP128.325

APPNORCAL APP SECONDARY133.950

DEPNORCAL DEP SE-WEST135.100