SAN FRANCISCO, CA · 52 FAA charts · cycle 6 Aug 2026
22 published instrument approaches: 6 ILS approaches including CAT II/III minima, 10 RNAV (GPS), serving 6 runway ends.
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | TAKEOFF MINIMUMS | — | |
 | ALTERNATE MINIMUMS | — |
Minimums pages cover a whole volume, so the same document is shared by every airport in it.
| Chart | Amendment | ||
|---|---|---|---|
 | HOT SPOT | — |
From the FAA NASR 28-day subscription, cycle 6 Aug 2026.
| Service | Frequency | Call sign |
|---|---|---|
| UNICOM | 122.95 | |
| Tower | 120.5 | San Francisco |
| Ground | 121.8124.25 | San Francisco |
| Clearance delivery | 118.2 | San Francisco |
| ATIS | 113.7115.8118.85 | San Francisco |
| Approach | 128.325133.95134.5 | San Francisco |
| Departure | 120.9Nw-E135.1Se-W | San Francisco |
| Emergency | 121.5 | San Francisco |
Civil VHF frequencies from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription. Discrete sector and military frequencies are not listed.
| Runway | Length | Width | Surface | Lighting |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10L/28R | 11,870 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt Good | High intensity |
| 10L 118°T | PAPI (4-box) 3° | |||
| 28R 298°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · ALSF-2 approach lighting · displaced threshold 300 ft · right-hand circuit | |||
| 10R/28L | 11,381 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt Good | High intensity |
| 10R 118°T | PAPI (4-box) 3° · right-hand circuit | |||
| 28L 298°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 2.85° · MALSR approach lighting · displaced threshold 300 ft | |||
| 01R/19L | 8,650 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt Good | High intensity |
| 01R 28°T | displaced threshold 560 ft | |||
| 19L 208°T | ILS/DME · PAPI (4-box) 3° · MALSF approach lighting | |||
| 01L/19R | 7,650 ft | 200 ft | Asphalt Good | High intensity |
| 01L 28°T | displaced threshold 640 ft | |||
| 19R 208°T | PAPI (4-box) 3.15° | |||
Runway and approach-aid data from the FAA NASR 28-day subscription.
37.6188060, -122.3754170
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Published verbatim from the FAA NASR subscription. Abbreviations are the FAA's own.
Six of San Francisco International’s eight runway ends have published approaches, leaving two without instrument coverage. The mix of RNAV (GPS), ILS and localiser procedures means the set is not dependent on a single guidance type; two ILS procedures also carry CAT II/III minima. The four runways form two parallel pairs on different alignments. If an operation requires more than 8,650 ft, only the 10/28 pair provides that distance, with both runways exceeding 11,000 ft.
Oakland has 46 published charts, making its coverage broadly comparable with San Francisco’s 52. The other listed nearby fields have much thinner sets, ranging from four to eleven charts. The San Francisco Sectional supplies wider VFR context, while the Terminal Area Chart adds more detailed coverage around the airport than the instrument procedure sheets provide.
| ID | Airport | City | Distance | Charts |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHAF | Half Moon Bay | HALF MOON BAY, CA | 9 nm SW | 4 |
| KSQL | San Carlos | SAN CARLOS, CA | 9 nm SE | 6 |
| KOAK | Oakland San Francisco Bay | OAKLAND, CA | 10 nm NE | 46 |
| KHWD | Hayward Exec | HAYWARD, CA | 12 nm E | 11 |
| KPAO | Palo Alto | PALO ALTO, CA | 16 nm SE | 5 |
| KNUQ | Moffett Federal Airfield | MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA | 20 nm SE | 16 |
| CA35 | San Rafael | SAN RAFAEL, CA | 25 nm N | 4 |
| KSJC | Norman Y Mineta San Jose Intl | SAN JOSE, CA | 26 nm SE | 33 |
52 current FAA charts for San Francisco Intl, including 22 instrument approachs, 12 departure procedures, 14 arrival procedures, 1 airport diagram. All are free to download as PDFs from this page, from the 6 August 2026 cycle.
Tower 120.5; Ground 121.8, 124.25; ATIS 113.7, 115.8, 118.85; UNICOM 122.95; Clearance delivery 118.2. Full civil VHF list, with sector notes, is in the frequencies table on this page — from the FAA NASR subscription.
San Francisco Intl has 4 runways. The longest is 10L/28R at 11,870 ft by 200 ft, asphalt. Full runway dimensions, lighting and approach aids are listed on this page.
Yes — 6 ILS procedures are published, including CAT II/III minima. In total KSFO has 22 published instrument approaches, of which 10 are RNAV (GPS).
The official FAA airport diagram for San Francisco Intl is free to download at the top of this page. It shows runways, taxiways, ramp layout and hold-short positions, and is reissued every 28 days.
Yes. 2 of the published ILS procedures carry CAT II/III minima, which allow approaches in lower visibility than a standard CAT I ILS. Those plates are listed separately in the approach table above, marked CAT II or CAT III in the chart name.
Yes. San Francisco Intl has an operating control tower, within Oakland Center's airspace. Tower, ground and clearance frequencies are listed on this page.
4, which is why the chart set is as large as it is — each runway end that supports an instrument approach needs its own plates. The runway diagram on this page shows the layout to scale.
They are from the FAA cycle effective 6 August 2026, which is superseded on 3 September 2026. We publish each new cycle on its effective date. They are for flight simulation and reference only — not for real-world navigation.
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