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KSFO — San Francisco Intl
San Francisco, CA · field elevation 13 ft · Class B airspace · ATCT
2 AIRMETs & SIGMETs Read in the EFB →
KSFO current weather
VFR ceiling above 3,000 ft and visibility better than 5 statute miles
METAR KSFO 111156Z 00000KT 10SM FEW005 SCT012 14/12 A2993 RMK AO2 SLP134 T01390117 10156 20139 55000
- Wind
- calm
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Sky
- sct, no ceiling
- Temperature
- 14 °C / dewpoint 12 °C
- Altimeter
- 29.93 inHg
- Density altitude
- -127 ft · pressure altitude 3 ft
- Observed
- 18 minutes ago
48-hour trend
Eight days of observations, each readable in full — in the EFB →
Calculators: density altitude, pressure altitude, cloud base, crosswind
Weather cameras
8 within 20 nm, closest 9 nm. Last image 24 min ago.
View them, and the last eight hours — in the EFB →
Forecast
MOS guidance beside this TAF, both drawn along your route — in the EFB →
TAF KSFO 111121Z 1112/1218 29005KT P6SM SCT010 TEMPO 1112/1116 BKN010 FM111800 26005KT P6SM SCT010 FM112100 29015G25KT P6SM FEW012 FM120600 28011KT P6SM SCT010
Learn: reading a TAF, the weather course
Airport information
- Coordinates
- 37.61881, -122.37542
- Elevation
- 13 ft MSL
- Surface airspace
-
Class B
An ATC clearance is required before you enter.
The words matter: being told “stand by” is not a clearance, and neither is being given a squawk. You need “cleared into the Class Bravo”. Mode C is required within 30 nm of the primary airport — the veil — whether or not you enter the Bravo itself, and the VFR weather minimum is 3 statute miles and clear of clouds, because ATC is separating everyone inside.
- Sunrise / sunset
- 1322Z / 0307Z
- Tower hours
- Continuous (24 hours)
- Magnetic variation
- 14° (2015)
- Fuel
- 100LL,A,A++
- Sectional
- San Francisco
- County
- San Mateo, CA
Airport diagram
Everything else KSFO publishes — in the EFB →
Runways
| Runway | Length (ft) | Width (ft) | Surface | Lights |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10L/28R | 11,870 | 200 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 10R/28L | 11,381 | 200 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 01R/19L | 8,650 | 200 | ASPH | HIGH |
| 01L/19R | 7,650 | 200 | ASPH | HIGH |
Frequencies
- D-ATIS
- 113.7
- D-ATIS
- 115.8
- D-ATIS
- 118.85
- Tower Continuous (24 hours)
- 120.5
- Ground
- 121.8
- Ground
- 124.25
- Clearance
- 118.2
- UNICOM
- 122.95
- Approach
- 128.325
- Approach
- 133.95
- Approach
- 134.5
- Departure NW-E
- 120.9
- Departure SE-W
- 135.1
Published procedures
- 18 approaches — ILS, LD, LOC, RNAV (GPS), RNAV (RNP)
- 12 departures published
- 13 arrivals published
Read the approach plates georeferenced — in the EFB →
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- KHAF Half Moon Bay9 nm
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- KHWD Hayward Exec12 nm
- KPAO Palo Alto16 nm
- KNUQ Moffett Federal Airfield20 nm
Elsewhere
- Make a poster of the KSFO airport diagram or an approach plate
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Weather from METAR and TAF, National Weather Service Aviation Weather Center. Airport, runway, frequency and procedure data from the FAA NASR 28-day cycle; charts from the FAA d-TPP. Advisory only — this is not a weather briefing.