SFO — San Francisco International Airport
- IATA code
- SFO
- ICAO code
- KSFO
- Size
- large
- OurAirports class
- Passengers
- 53,014,700
- Aug 2025 – Jul 2026
- Nonstop routes
- 205
- With open traffic data
- Time zone
- UTC−8 / UTC−7
- America/Los_Angeles
- Elevation
- 4 m
- 13 ft
- Runways
- 4
- Longest 3,618 m
Local time now: —
More codes: airport codes starting with S
About SFO
San Francisco International Airport is a large airport serving San Francisco, United States. It opened in 1927 and is run by City and County of San Francisco. 53,014,700 passengers used it in Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. Open traffic data shows 205 nonstop routes from SFO.
Wikidata (CC0) · US BTS T-100. Sources
Busiest nonstop routes from SFO
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SFO → LAX | 543 km | 2,842,388 |
| SFO → ORD | 2,971 km | 1,976,484 |
| SFO → JFK | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| SFO → EWR | 4,128 km | 1,752,123 |
| SFO → DEN | 1,556 km | 1,743,354 |
| SFO → LAS | 666 km | 1,684,053 |
| SFO → SEA | 1,092 km | 1,628,228 |
| SFO → SAN | 719 km | 1,602,478 |
| SFO → BOS | 4,352 km | 1,386,355 |
| SFO → DFW | 2,357 km | 1,313,229 |
| SFO → TPE | 10,410 km | 1,254,104 |
| SFO → IAH | 2,632 km | 1,223,236 |
| SFO → PHX | 1,048 km | 1,205,756 |
| SFO → HNL | 3,860 km | 1,144,426 |
| SFO → ATL | 3,442 km | 1,081,221 |
| SFO → LHR | 8,638 km | 1,040,938 |
| SFO → IAD | 3,893 km | 960,713 |
| SFO → HKG | 11,147 km | 913,339 |
| SFO → PDX | 885 km | 887,841 |
| SFO → YVR | 1,288 km | 763,049 |
| SFO → SNA | 598 km | 745,961 |
| SFO → AUS | 2,420 km | 719,856 |
| SFO → ICN | 9,106 km | 708,280 |
| SFO → SLC | 964 km | 705,455 |
| SFO → FRA | 9,172 km | 665,072 |
| SFO → MSP | 2,557 km | 645,981 |
| SFO → PHL | 4,057 km | 627,499 |
| SFO → NRT | 8,246 km | 606,170 |
| SFO → MNL | 11,244 km | 599,403 |
| SFO → BUR | 524 km | 543,621 |
| SFO → YYZ | 3,636 km | 542,204 |
| SFO → MIA | 4,160 km | 541,191 |
| SFO → DTW | 3,345 km | 516,046 |
| SFO → SIN | 13,593 km | 511,465 |
| SFO → OGG | 3,763 km | 495,702 |
| SFO → CLT | 3,695 km | 483,994 |
| SFO → HND | 8,304 km | 450,464 |
| SFO → MEX | 3,027 km | 437,479 |
| SFO → MCO | 3,936 km | 431,663 |
| SFO → CDG | 8,985 km | 400,088 |
Passengers on the route, both directions, over the period of each source: US DOT / BTS T-100 (Aug 2025 – Jul 2026) for routes touching the US, Eurostat (2024) for routes reported by European airports. Routes outside these are not counted.
Airlines at SFO
- UA United Air Lines · 154,826 flights
- OO SkyWest Airlines · 63,804 flights
- DL Delta Air Lines · 27,479 flights
- AA American Airlines · 23,388 flights
- AS Alaska Airlines · 22,527 flights
- WN Southwest Airlines · 19,292 flights
- B6 JetBlue Airways · 8,737 flights
- F9 Frontier Airlines · 6,843 flights
- QX Horizon Air · 5,943 flights
- AC Air Canada · 4,497 flights
- BR Eva Airways · 2,178 flights
- CX Cathay Pacific Airways · 1,769 flights
- TA Taca International Airlines · 1,730 flights
- AM Aeromexico · 1,727 flights
- JL Japan Air Lines · 1,460 flights
- NH All Nippon Airways · 1,458 flights
- BA British Airways · 1,413 flights
- LH Lufthansa German Airlines · 1,413 flights
- QK Jazz Aviation LP · 1,212 flights
- MX Breeze Aviation Group DBA Breeze · 1,161 flights
Departures and arrivals on scheduled passenger flights, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. U.S. DOT, Bureau of Transportation Statistics, T-100 Segment. Sources
Punctuality
- Departures on time
- 75.9%
- Within 15 minutes of schedule
- Cancelled
- 1%
- Departures counted
- 147,566
- US domestic flights
US domestic flights of the larger US airlines, Aug 2025 – Jul 2026. BTS Reporting Carrier On-Time Performance. Sources
Airports within 150 km
| Code | Airport | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| SQL | San Carlos Airport | 16 km |
| OAK | Oakland San Francisco Bay Airport | 18 km |
| SJC | Mineta San Jose International Airport | 49 km |
| CCR | Buchanan Field | 50 km |
| SCK | Stockton Metropolitan Airport | 104 km |
| STS | Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport | 106 km |
| MRY | Monterey Regional Airport | 124 km |
| SMF | Sacramento International Airport | 138 km |
Distance from SFO to the major hubs
| Route | Distance | Passengers / year |
|---|---|---|
| SFO → LHR | 8,638 km | 1,040,938 |
| SFO → DXB | 13,041 km | — |
| SFO → CDG | 8,985 km | 400,088 |
| SFO → FRA | 9,172 km | 665,072 |
| SFO → IST | 10,789 km | — |
| SFO → AMS | 8,808 km | — |
| SFO → JFK | 4,162 km | 1,910,892 |
| SFO → ATL | 3,442 km | 1,081,221 |
| SFO → LAX | 543 km | 2,842,388 |
| SFO → SIN | 13,593 km | 511,465 |
| SFO → HND | 8,304 km | 450,464 |
| SFO → DOH | 13,014 km | — |
Runways
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10L/28R | 3,618 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
| 10R/28L | 3,469 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
| 1R/19L | 2,640 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
| 1L/19R | 2,332 m | 61 m | Asphalt |
OurAirports (public domain). Sources
Location
San Francisco, California, United States · 37.6198, -122.3748
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