SMF

Sacramento International Airport

ICAO KSMF38.6954°N 121.5910°W27 ft / 8 mLarge airport
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Sacramento International Airport (IATA: SMF, ICAO: KSMF) is a large airport in Sacramento, California, United States. It opened in 1967. It has 2 runways; the longest is 8,605 ft (2,623 m). In 2025 it handled 13.7 million passengers.

Timeline

1 event · 1967–1967
1967
OpenedSacramento International Airport opens.
From WikidataEvery airfield, 1903–2026

Runways & airfield

Schematic · N · © OpenStreetMap · FAA diagram PDF
Terminal ATerminal BTerminal B Concourse
17L/35R181° / 001° · LIT
LENGTH8,605 ft2,623 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete
17R/35L181° / 001° · LIT
LENGTH8,598 ft2,621 mWIDTH150 ft46 mSURFACEConcrete

Passengers per year

2014–2025
9.0M
9.6M
10.1M
10.9M
12.0M
13.1M
5.6M
9.7M
12.3M
12.9M
13.4M
13.7M
141516171819202122232425

Routes

18 destinations · 2 countries
1,000 km2,000 km3,000 km4,000 km1,000 mi2,000 miLAX · Los Angeles International Airport · 373 mi / 600 kmLAS · Harry Reid International Airport · 397 mi / 639 kmSLC · Salt Lake City International Airport · 531 mi / 854 kmPHX · Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport · 646 mi / 1,040 kmDEN · Denver International Airport · 907 mi / 1,460 kmDFW · Dallas Fort Worth International Airport · 1,428 mi / 2,298 kmMSP · Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain Field · 1,514 mi / 2,436 kmIAH · George Bush Intercontinental Airport · 1,607 mi / 2,586 kmGDL · Guadalajara International Airport · 1,662 mi / 2,674 kmBJX · Guanajuato International Airport · 1,709 mi / 2,751 kmORD · Chicago O'Hare International Airport · 1,777 mi / 2,860 kmMLM · General Francisco J. Mujica International Airport · 1,789 mi / 2,879 kmDTW · Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport · 2,008 mi / 3,232 kmATL · Hartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport · 2,088 mi / 3,360 kmCLT · Charlotte Douglas International Airport · 2,239 mi / 3,603 kmIAD · Washington Dulles International Airport · 2,352 mi / 3,785 kmEWR · Newark Liberty International Airport · 2,494 mi / 4,014 kmJFK · John F. Kennedy International Airport · 2,515 mi / 4,047 kmJFKIADCLTATLDTWMLMIAHMSPDFWDENPHXSLCLASLAXORDBJXGDLSMF
Year-round17
LAXLos Angeles International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines600 km373 miLASHarry Reid International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines639 km397 miSLCSalt Lake City International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines854 km531 miPHXPhoenix Sky Harbor International AirportUnited States · American Airlines1,040 km646 miDENDenver International AirportUnited States · Frontier Airlines, United Airlines1,460 km907 miDFWDallas Fort Worth International AirportUnited States · American Airlines2,298 km1,428 miMSPMinneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport / Wold–Chamberlain FieldUnited States · Delta Air Lines2,436 km1,514 miIAHGeorge Bush Intercontinental AirportUnited States · United Airlines2,586 km1,607 miGDLGuadalajara International AirportMexico · Volaris2,674 km1,662 miBJXGuanajuato International AirportMexico · Volaris2,751 km1,709 miORDChicago O'Hare International AirportUnited States · United Airlines, American Airlines2,860 km1,777 miMLMGeneral Francisco J. Mujica International AirportMexico · Volaris2,879 km1,789 miDTWDetroit Metropolitan Wayne County AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,232 km2,008 miATLHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International AirportUnited States · Delta Air Lines3,360 km2,088 miCLTCharlotte Douglas International AirportUnited States · American Airlines3,603 km2,239 miIADWashington Dulles International AirportUnited States · United Airlines3,785 km2,352 miEWRNewark Liberty International AirportUnited States · United Airlines4,014 km2,494 mi
Most destinationsUnited Airlines 5Delta Air Lines 4American Airlines 4Frontier Airlines 3Volaris 3Aeroméxico 1

Straight lines are great circles; rings mark true distance from SMF. Dashed: seasonal or charter. From the Wikipedia article “Sacramento International Airport” (revision of 22 Sep 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0.

Records & rankings

Ranked among 48,011 open airports · world · region · country
Passengers13.7M (2025)1 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 64KMEDIAN · 64KMORE · 103MMORE · 103M#159of 3,974 · #44 North America · #37 USLongest runway8,605 ft2,623 m46 m · SHORT150 ft · SHORTMEDIAN · 975 mMEDIAN · 3,200 ftLONG · 5,300 mLONG · 17,388 ft=2,017of 29,823 · =445 North America · #330 USElevation27 ft8 m-386 m · LOW-1,266 ft · LOWMEDIAN · 240 mMEDIAN · 787 ftHIGH · 4,938 mHIGH · 16,200 ft=40,677of 43,341 · =18,396 North America · =15,088 USAgeOpened 19672026 · NEWEST2026 · NEWESTMEDIAN · 1976MEDIAN · 1976OLDEST · 1902OLDEST · 1902=5,747of 15,079 · =4,073 North America · =3,986 USRunways21 · FEWER1 · FEWERMEDIAN · 1MEDIAN · 1MORE · 8MORE · 8=713of 29,943 · =435 North America · =391 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/DNORCAL APP/DEP125.250
A/DNORCAL APP/DEP25.910
ATISATIS126.750
CLDCLNC DEL121.100
GNDGND121.700
TWRCAPITOL TWR125.700
UNICUNICOM122.950