Live flights over San Francisco International Airport (SFO)
From 23 to 24 October 2026 the FlyItalyADSB network saw 1,761 departures and 1,756 arrivals at San Francisco International Airport, 1,759 movements a day on average. The most frequent connections are Los Angeles (LAX), San Diego (SAN) and Las Vegas (LAS). 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
23–24 October 2026
Movements per day
Show as a table
| Day | Departures | Arrivals | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fri 23 | 824 | 833 | 1,657 |
| Sat 24 | 937 | 923 | 1,860 |
Connections
airline flights both ways, with departure and arrival both seen
- Los Angeles LAX 160 flights
- San Diego SAN 92 flights
- Las Vegas LAS 86 flights
- Seattle SEA 76 flights
- Denver DEN 61 flights
- Chicago ORD 60 flights
- Phoenix PHX 58 flights
- Santa Ana SNA 57 flights
- New York JFK 54 flights
- Portland PDX 46 flights
- Dallas-Fort Worth DFW 45 flights
- Houston IAH 39 flights
- Boston BOS 38 flights
- Burbank BUR 38 flights
- Salt Lake City SLC 36 flights
- Atlanta ATL 34 flights
29 more connections
- Austin AUS 31
- Newark EWR 31
- Palm Springs PSP 30
- Vancouver YVR 28
- Minneapolis MSP 25
- Dulles IAD 24
- Honolulu, Oahu HNL 23
- Philadelphia PHL 22
- Ontario ONT 21
- Reno RNO 20
- Detroit DTW 19
- Boise BOI 18
- Sacramento SMF 18
- Seoul ICN 18
- Toronto YYZ 17
- Santa Barbara SBA 17
- London LHR 16
- Charlotte CLT 16
- Nashville BNA 14
- Miami MIA 9
- Fort Lauderdale FLL 8
- Redmond RDM 8
- Narita NRT 8
- Baltimore BWI 7
- Redding RDD 7
- San Luis Obispo SBP 7
- Frankfurt am Main FRA 6
- Orlando MCO 6
- Everett PAE 6
Airlines
- United AirlinesUAL 1,391
- SkyWest AirlinesSKW 394
- Delta Air LinesDAL 263
- Alaska AirlinesASA 249
- American AirlinesAAL 241
- Southwest AirlinesSWA 226
- JetBlue AirwaysJBU 70
- Frontier AirlinesFFT 65
- Air CanadaACA 46
- NetJetsEJA 43
Aircraft
- Boeing 737-800 B738 410
- B39M 362
- E75L 361
- Boeing 737 MAX 8 B38M 356
- Boeing 737-900 B739 261
- Airbus A321 A321 234
- Airbus A321neo A21N 203
- Boeing 777-300ER B77W 135
- Airbus A319 A319 125
- Airbus A320 A320 117
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 (23–24 October 2026), the most frequent airlines were United Airlines, SkyWest Airlines, Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines and American Airlines.
What are the main connections from San Francisco International Airport? +
The connections with the most flights seen (23–24 October 2026), both ways: Los Angeles (LAX, 160), San Diego (SAN, 92), Las Vegas (LAS, 86), Seattle (SEA, 76) and Denver (DEN, 61). 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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