Major airport
San Francisco International Airport.
- Longest paved runway
- 11,870 ft
- Field elevation
- 13 ft
- Runway-capable types
- 24 of 24
- Coordinates
- 37.62, -122.37
What our brokers know about KSFO
Used for international connections and customs
San Francisco International Airport's 11,870 ft of runway puts it in the longest quarter of California's 152 jet-capable fields, close to sea level, so the published runway figure is close to what an aircraft actually needs here. Every one of the 24 types we broker clears it. 24 published route pages reach San Francisco through this field.
Access
Getting here
Straight-line distances from the cities we publish, with a typical aircraft's block time including taxi, climb and descent.
- 10 mi29 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 41 mi34 minfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
From-prices are one way and all-in — operator price, our fee and federal excise tax — for the smallest cabin suited to the distance, indicative rather than quoted.
Corridors
Charter routes through San Francisco
Corridors we quote regularly, shortest first. Each carries the cabins that fly it, block times and the fields at both ends.
- 311 mi1 h 21 mfrom $2,838one way, all‑in indicative
- 405 mi1 h 37 mfrom $2,882one way, all‑in indicative
- 588 mi2 h 09 mfrom $4,183one way, all‑in indicative
- 640 mi2 h 18 mfrom $4,552one way, all‑in indicative
- 735 mi2 h 35 mfrom $5,231one way, all‑in indicative
- 808 mi2 h 47 mfrom $5,747one way, all‑in indicative
- 840 mi2 h 53 mfrom $5,976one way, all‑in indicative
- 949 mi3 h 12 mfrom $6,754one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,239 mi2 h 54 mfrom $9,530one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,465 mi3 h 21 mfrom $11,265one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,493 mi3 h 24 mfrom $11,477one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,638 mi3 h 41 mfrom $17,747one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,838 mi4 h 05 mfrom $19,917one way, all‑in indicative
- 1,959 mi4 h 04 mfrom $28,905one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,384 mi4 h 52 mfrom $35,188one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,409 mi4 h 54 mfrom $35,545one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,481 mi5 h 02 mfrom $36,615one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,555 mi5 h 10 mfrom $37,702one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,558 mi5 h 11 mfrom $37,753one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,571 mi5 h 12 mfrom $37,939one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,679 mi5 h 24 mfrom $39,536one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,753 mi5 h 32 mfrom $40,623one way, all‑in indicative
- 2,757 mi5 h 33 mfrom $40,691one way, all‑in indicative
- 3,618 mi7 h 00 mfrom $73,809one way, all‑in indicative
Runway
What can operate here
Compared against the published balanced field length of every type we broker, with roughly 3% added per 1,000 ft of elevation for density altitude.
This is runway length only. Individual airports also restrict by wingspan, noise curfew, slot availability and special approach certification, and performance moves with temperature, weight and the day. Clearing the runway here means an aircraft is worth asking about — the operator confirms it, and signs for it.
Turboprop
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Pilatus PC-126–8 seats · 2,123 mi range · needs ~2,651 ft here
- Beechcraft King Air 3508–9 seats · 2,078 mi range · needs ~3,301 ft here
Light jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation CJ47–8 seats · 2,491 mi range · needs ~3,411 ft here
- Cessna Citation CJ3+6–7 seats · 2,348 mi range · needs ~3,181 ft here
- Embraer Phenom 3006–8 seats · 2,313 mi range · needs ~3,700 ft here
- Cessna Citation M25–6 seats · 1,784 mi range · needs ~3,211 ft here
Midsize jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Cessna Citation Latitude8–9 seats · 3,107 mi range · needs ~3,581 ft here
- Hawker 800XP8 seats · 2,923 mi range · needs ~5,034 ft here
- Learjet 60XR7–8 seats · 2,768 mi range · needs ~5,452 ft here
- Cessna Citation XLS+8–9 seats · 2,417 mi range · needs ~3,561 ft here
Super-midsize
- Embraer Praetor 600
- Gulfstream G280
- Cessna Citation Longitude
- Bombardier Challenger 350
- Bombardier Challenger 300
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Embraer Praetor 6008–12 seats · 4,624 mi range · needs ~4,719 ft here
- Gulfstream G2808–10 seats · 4,143 mi range · needs ~4,752 ft here
- Cessna Citation Longitude9–12 seats · 4,028 mi range · needs ~4,812 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3508–9 seats · 3,682 mi range · needs ~4,837 ft here
- Bombardier Challenger 3008–9 seats · 3,527 mi range · needs ~4,812 ft here
Heavy jet
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Dassault Falcon 7X12–14 seats · 6,847 mi range · needs ~5,712 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 900LX12–14 seats · 5,466 mi range · needs ~5,217 ft here
- Gulfstream G45012–14 seats · 5,006 mi range · needs ~5,602 ft here
- Dassault Falcon 2000LXS8–10 seats · 4,603 mi range · needs ~4,677 ft here
- Cessna Citation X+8–9 seats · 3,982 mi range · needs ~5,142 ft here
Ultra long range
Seats, range and runway needed, by type
- Bombardier Global 750014–19 seats · 8,861 mi range · needs ~5,802 ft here
- Gulfstream G650ER13–19 seats · 8,631 mi range · needs ~6,301 ft here
- Gulfstream G55014–16 seats · 7,768 mi range · needs ~5,912 ft here
- Bombardier Global 600013–17 seats · 6,905 mi range · needs ~6,479 ft here
Alternates
Nearby alternates
The closest other jet-capable fields, in case weather, slots or runway length send the trip somewhere else.