San Francisco International Airport

Airport
ICAO: KSFO – IATA: SFO
Summary
Name	San Francisco International Airport
Region	North America
Territory	United States
Location	San Francisco, California
Serving	San Francisco
Elevation	3.962 m 13 ft 13 ft3.962 m
Coordinates	37° 37' 9.75" N, 122° 22' 26.06" W

Runways
Designator Length Width Surface ROPS 01L/19R 2286 m7,500 ft 61 m200.131 ft ASP yes/yes 01R/19L 2636 m8,648.294 ft 61 m200.131 ft ASP yes/yes 10L/28R 3618 m11,870.079 ft 61 m200.131 ft ASP yes/yes 10R/28L 3231 m10,600.394 ft 61 m200.131 ft ASP yes/yes

METAR
Observation	KSFO 271656Z 11004KT 10SM CLR 12/02 A3025 RMK AO2 SLP242 T01170017
Station	San Francisco, San Francisco International Airport
Date/Time	27 November 2020 16:56:00
Wind direction	110°
Wind speed	04 kts
Lowest cloud amount	n/a
Temperature	11.7°C
Dew point	1.7°C
Humidity	50%
QNH	hPa
Weather condition	n/a

LOS
Tag(s)	Parallel Runway Operation

WX
Tag(s)	Fog

EMAS
Rwy(s)	01R, 01L, 19R, 19L

San Francisco International Airport is a major international airport located 21 km11.339 nm
21,000 m
68,897.638 ft
south of downtown San Francisco, California, United States, adjacent to the cities of Millbrae and San Bruno in unincorporated San Mateo County. It is often referred to as SFO.

Climatology

Dry-summer subtropical ”Mediterranean" climate (Köppen climate classification Csb) - characterized by warm, dry summers and mild winters. During the summer, rising hot air in California's interior valleys creates a low pressure area that draws winds from the North Pacific High through the Golden Gate, which creates the city's characteristic cool winds and fog. The fog is less pronounced in eastern neighborhoods and during the late summer and early fall, which is the warmest time of the year.

Maps

Terrain

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Airport Layout

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Accidents & Serious Incidents at or in vicinity of KSFO

• A320 / B789 / A343, San Francisco CA USA, 2017 (On 7 July 2017 the crew of an Airbus A320, cleared for an approach and landing on runway 28R at San Francisco in night VMC, lined up for the visual approach for which it had been cleared on the occupied parallel taxiway instead of the runway extended centreline and only commenced a go-around at the very last minute, having descended to about 60 feet agl whilst flying over two of the four aircraft on the taxiway. The Investigation determined that the sole direct cause of the event was the poor performance of the A320 flight crew.)
• B752 / CRJ7, San Francisco CA USA, 2008 (On 13 January 2008, a Boeing 757-200 and a Bombardier CL-600 received pushback clearance from two adjacent terminal gates within 41 seconds. The ground controller believed there was room for both aircraft to pushback. During the procedure both aircraft were damaged as their tails collided. The pushback procedure of the Boeing was performed without wing-walkers or tail-walkers.)
• B762, San Francisco CA USA, 2008 (On 28 June 2008 a Boeing 767-200 being operated as a Public Transport cargo flight by ABX Air (DHL) experienced a ground fire after loading had been completed and all doors closed and just before engine startup at night. The fire was located in the supernumerary compartment of the airplane. This compartment, which is present on some cargo airplanes, is located directly aft of the cockpit and forward of the main deck cargo compartment which is where the toilet, galley, and three non-flight crew seats are located (see diagram below).The flight crew evacuated the aircraft through the flight deck windows and were not injured, but the aircraft was substantially fire damaged and later classified as a hull loss.)
• B772, San Francisco CA USA, 2013 (On 6 July 2013, an Asiana Boeing 777-200 descended below the visual glidepath on short finals at San Francisco after the pilots failed to notice that their actions had reduced thrust to idle. Upon late recognition that the aircraft was too low and slow, they were unable to recover before the aircraft hit the sea wall and the tail detached. Control was lost and the fuselage eventually hit the ground. A few occupants were ejected at impact but most managed to evacuate subsequently and before fire took hold. The Probable Cause of the accident was determined to be the mismanagement of the aircraft by the pilots.)
• E170/E120, San Francisco CA, USA 2007 (On 26 May 2007, a Republic Airlines Embraer 170 taking off from runway 01L at San Francisco nearly collided with an aircraft which had just landed on intersecting runway 28R and come to a stop at the intersection. Both aircraft were operating in accordance with instructions to take off and land respectively issued by the same TWR controller. After an AMASS conflict alert issued 15 seconds in advance of the subsequent conflict, the controller involved instructed the aircraft on landing roll to ‘hold’,)