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San Carlos Airport

37.51190°N
-122.25000°W
ARR / DAY
49
▼ 31.2%
DEP / DAY
52
▼ 34.9%

San Carlos Airport (KSQL/SQL) is a small general aviation airport located in San Carlos, CA. It features 1 runway measuring 2,600 feet. SkyMeter has observed roughly 49 arrivals and 52 departures per day on average over the last 7 days.

Safety incidents

Last 7 days · 0 total

NORMAL
↻
Go-arounds
0
✕
Rejected takeoffs
0
△
Unstable approaches
0
↺
Return to field
0

Current weather

Latest METAR observation

17m ago
Temp
63°F
Wind
13 kts
280°
Visib
10+ km
Ceil
—
METAR KSQL 160245Z 28013KT 10SM CLR 17/13 A3009 RMK NEW GC 118.025, LAST

Runways

1 installed

2,600 FT MAX
12/30
2,600 ft × 75
ASP● LITMED

Runway intelligence

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

30
92% of ops
4,850 land · 5,915 TO
12
8% of ops
398 land · 426 TO
Runway 30 carries 92% of operations (4,850 landings, 5,915 takeoffs) over the last 30 days. The next most-used is 12 at 8%.

Approach quality

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

30 4,850 landings
UA 4%
12 398 landings
UA 6%
Approaches to 30 show a 4% unstable-approach rate (185 UA events from 4,850 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
111.7
flights/day · 3,350 total
Busy hour (local)
5pm
also 8pm · 9pm
Day vs night
40%
06:00–20:00 local
Traffic concentrates around 5pm–9pm local, averaging 111.7 flights/day. Weekend volume runs 1.1× weekday (121.1 vs 113.4 daily).

Aircraft character

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

1,346 · 48%
341 · 12%
205 · 7%
146 · 5%
128 · 5%
85 · 3%
Activity is led by (48% of 2,825 flights). Top three types: , , .

Communications Frequencies

2026-06-11
Type Freq (MHz) Hours
CTAF 119.000 —
TWR 119.000 0700-2100
TWR 326.200 0700-2100
GND 121.600 0700-2100
ATIS 125.900 0700-2100
APCH 133.950 —
APCH 135.650 —
APCH 251.050 —
APCH 310.800 —
APCH 317.600 —
APCH 338.200 —
DEP 135.650 —
DEP 310.800 —
UNICOM 122.950 —
AWOS 125.900 —
LCL/P 119.000 0700-2100
LCL/P 326.200 0700-2100
Airport operations
ARTCC:
ZOA
Mag var:
15° E
Fuel:
100LL, A+, UL94

Hourly traffic

Avg movements per hour · local time · last 30 days

peak 11 AM · 1 movement every 257 s
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

3 comments from OurAirports (click to expand)

3
Apollu1
3/22/2021
About
Just Off of US-101, No Signs On US-101 Pointing The Airport,
Cpfau182
12/27/2016
San Carlos Airport
Close to trains into the city.
JohnB
6/12/2013
San Carlos Airport
Flown in several times during flight training. Now San Carlos has a well stocked aviation supply shop, San Carlos Aviation & Supply. They have a fully packed shop and what they don't have Hans will get for you.
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