San Francisco International Airport (SFO)

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Location and general information

Control tower: Yes, 24 hours
Attendance: Continuous
Fuel: 100LL, Jet A, Jet A++
Airframe / engine repair: None / none
Oxygen: Bottled high/low
Transient storage: Hangar
Other services: Air freight, avionics, cargo handling, charter
ARTCC: Oakland (ZOA)
Flight service: Oakland (OAK)
1-800-WX-BRIEF
NOTAM facility: SFO
Wind indicator: Lighted
Beacon: White and green, sunset to sunrise
Segmented circle: No
Landing fee: Yes
Customs: Landing rights airport
FAR 139 certification: Class I, ARFF index E, scheduled air carrier (05/1973)
Airport manager: Mike Nakornkhet
650-821-5000
Last FAA inspection: 07/17/2026

Flocks of birds feeding along shoreline adjacent to airport; on occasions fly across various parts of the airport.
High speed taxiway (T) grvd full width between runway 28R and 28L.
Noise sensitive airport; for noise abatement procedures contact airport noise office mon-fri 0800-1700 by calling 650-821-5100.
Several runway hold position signs are on the right rather than the left side of the taxiways.
Runway 10 preferred runway between 0100-0600 weather and flight conditions permitting.
Airline pilots shall strictly follow the painted nose gear lines and no oversteering adjustment is permitted.
PAEW approach end runways 28L, 28R, 19L indefly.
All outbound taxiway zulu 2 heavy aircraft with a wingspan of 171 ft or greater under PWR prohibited from entering westbound taxiway zulu.
Simultaneous operations in effect all runways.
Runway 1L closed to departing trijet aircraft with wingspan greater than 155 ft.
Runway status lights in operation.
Taxiway S between taxiway Z and taxiway S2 closed to aircraft with wingspan over 215 ft.
Due to obstd vision, SFO tower is able to provide only limited airport traffic control service on taxiway A between gates F20 and F21.

Source: FAA Airport Data and Information Portal (ADIP), effective October 29, 2026. View this airport on the FAA site

Codes, elevation and runways: FAA airport data (NASR), effective 2026-10-29. Reference only, not for navigation.

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