Live flights over San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
From 1 to 7 November 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 7,646 departures and 7,669 arrivals at San Francisco International Airport, 2,188 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Los Angeles (LAX), San Diego (SAN) and Seattle (SEA). The airline seen most often is United Airlines.
Airport data
- IATA code
- SFO
- ICAO code
- KSFO
- City
- San Francisco
- Region
- California
- Country
- United States
- Elevation
- 4 m (13 ft)
- Coordinates
- 37.61981, -122.37482
What you can track here
Every aircraft passing within roughly 80 km of San Francisco International Airport that the network receives appears on the FlyItalyADSB live map: airliners on approach and departure, business and general aviation, and — where MLAT reaches — aircraft without full ADS-B. Nothing is filtered out; how much of the area is covered depends on the community's receivers near San Francisco.
Seen by the network
1–7 November 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 1 | 968 | 963 | 1,931 |
| Mon 2 | 1,169 | 1,192 | 2,361 |
| Tue 3 | 1,036 | 1,027 | 2,063 |
| Wed 4 | 1,050 | 1,091 | 2,141 |
| Thu 5 | 1,102 | 1,090 | 2,192 |
| Fri 6 | 1,234 | 1,233 | 2,467 |
| Sat 7 | 1,087 | 1,073 | 2,160 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Los Angeles LAX 544 flights
- San Diego SAN 281 flights
- Seattle SEA 222 flights
- Chicago ORD 218 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 217 flights
- New York JFK 204 flights
- Denver DEN 194 flights
- Santa Ana SNA 194 flights
- Phoenix PHX 169 flights
- Portland PDX 137 flights
- Burbank BUR 135 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 135 flights
- Houston IAH 114 flights
- Atlanta ATL 113 flights
- Newark EWR 105 flights
- Palm Springs PSP 99 flights
29 more connections
- Salt Lake City SLC 96
- Boston BOS 94
- Vancouver YVR 92
- Austin AUS 87
- Reno RNO 87
- Dulles IAD 74
- Sacramento SMF 69
- Boise BOI 63
- Minneapolis MSP 61
- Toronto YYZ 60
- Philadelphia PHL 60
- Santa Barbara SBA 58
- Detroit DTW 57
- Seoul ICN 55
- Miami MIA 52
- Redding RDD 51
- San Luis Obispo SBP 49
- Redmond RDM 44
- Eugene EUG 42
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 33
- Taoyuan TPE 33
- Fresno FAT 32
- Ontario ONT 32
- Monterey MRY 30
- Narita NRT 29
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 27
- London LHR 26
- Spokane GEG 21
- Orlando MCO 21
Airlines
- United AirlinesUAL 6,135
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 1,572
- Delta Air LinesDAL 1,053
- Alaska AirlinesASA 1,037
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 932
- American AirlinesAAL 919
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 440
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 252
- Air CanadaACA 216
- Horizon AirQXE 216
Aircraft
- B39M 1,541
- Boeing 737-800 B738 1,502
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 1,409
- E75L 1,391
- Airbus A321neo A21N 1,097
- Airbus A321 A321 909
- Boeing 737-900 B739 837
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 798
- Airbus A319 A319 603
- Boeing 777-200 B772 559
How we count: a flight is a departure here when the network first sees it low near the airport (on the ground, or climbing away from it), an arrival when it last sees it low on approach. Where receivers don't reach low altitude the numbers stay below the real traffic. Connections and airlines come only from airline flights.
This data in your app
Every aircraft within 80 km of San Francisco International Airport, as JSON, with a free key that also allows commercial use:
curl -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_KEY" \
https://api.flyitalyadsb.com/v2/lat/37.61981/lon/-122.37482/dist/80Or ask Claude, with the FlyItalyADSB connector: “which aircraft are near San Francisco right now?”
Frequently asked questions
How can I see live flights over San Francisco International Airport? +
Open the FlyItalyADSB live map centred on San Francisco: it shows every aircraft picked up via ADS-B and MLAT within about 80 km of SFO, refreshed every few seconds.
Which airlines fly from San Francisco International Airport? +
Among the flights our network saw (1–7 November 2026), the most frequent airlines were United Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines and Southwest Airlines.
What are the main connections from San Francisco International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (1–7 November 2026), both ways: Los Angeles (LAX, 544), San Diego (SAN, 281), Seattle (SEA, 222), Chicago (ORD, 218) and Las Vegas (LAS, 217). Only flights whose departure and arrival the network both saw are counted.
Does FlyItalyADSB also track military aircraft around San Francisco? +
Yes. Thanks to multilateration (MLAT) the network reconstructs the position of aircraft without full ADS-B too, including military and state flights, whenever they are received by feeders in the area. Nothing is filtered out.
What are the codes for San Francisco International Airport? +
San Francisco International Airport has IATA code SFO and ICAO code KSFO. It lies in California, United States, at coordinates 37.61981, -122.37482.
Is the flight data free and open? +
Yes. The live map and the Free API plan cost nothing, and the data is published under the open CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; paid API plans for higher volumes help cover the infrastructure costs.
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