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Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport

43.39390°N
-70.70800°W
ARR / DAY
18
▼ 19.5%
DEP / DAY
17
▼ 16.3%

Sanford Seacoast Regional Airport (KSFM/SFM) is a small general aviation airport located in Sanford, ME, 47 mi north east of Manchester. It features 3 runways with the longest being 6,389 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 18 arrivals and 17 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 1 total

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Go-arounds
0
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Rejected takeoffs
0
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Unstable approaches
1
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Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

2h ago
Temp
72°F
Wind
6 kts
290°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSFM 042256Z AUTO 29006KT 10SM SCT100 22/16 A2979 RMK AO2 SLP088 T02220156

Runways

3 installed

6,389 FT MAX
01/19
6,000 ft × 150
ASP○ unlitCLOSED
07/25
6,389 ft × 100
ASP● LITHIGH
14/32
4,999 ft × 100
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

Which runway carries the operations, observed over the last 30 days

32
37% of ops
493 land · 395 TO
25
24% of ops
317 land · 393 TO
07
17% of ops
231 land · 139 TO
14
10% of ops
138 land · 178 TO
19
6% of ops
85 land · 12 TO
01
6% of ops
83 land · 2 TO
Runway 32 carries 37% of operations (493 landings, 395 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 25 at 24%.

Approach quality

Per-runway unstable-approach, go-around, and long-rollout rates

32 493 landings
UA 16%
25 317 landings
UA 9%
07 231 landings
UA 12%
14 138 landings
UA 7%
19 85 landings
UA 13%
01 83 landings
UA 5%
Approaches to 32 show a 16% unstable-approach rate (79 UA events from 493 landings).Phase B will add wind-correlation: which crosswind band produces most UA events.

Traffic behavior

When the field is busy: hourly + weekday vs weekend

Daily avg
37.5
flights/day · 1,124 total
Busy hour (local)
2pm
also 6pm · 3pm
Day vs night
75%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 2pm–3pm local, averaging 37.5 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.2× weekday (43.2 vs 37.0 daily).

Aircraft character

What's actually flying here: top types over the last 30 days

259 · 34%
106 · 14%
49 · 6%
41 · 5%
26 · 3%
26 · 3%
Activity is led by (34% of 756 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 123.075 —
APCH 119.750 —
APCH 269.350 —
UNICOM 123.075 —
AWOS 120.025 —
CD/P 121.725 —
OTHER 121.725 —
WATERBOR 128.200 —
OTHER 128.200 —
WATERBOR 263.050 —
OTHER 263.050 —
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZBW
Mag var:
17° W
Fuel:
100LL, MOGAS

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

12a 1a 2a 3a 4a 5a 6a 7a 8a 9a 10a 11a 12p 1p 2p 3p 4p 5p 6p 7p 8p 9p 10p 11p

Pilot & community notes

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05/08/2020
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