San Francisco International Airport
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San Francisco International Airport (IATA: SFO, ICAO: KSFO, FAA LID: SFO) is a major international airport located 13 miles (21 km) south of downtown San Francisco, California, United States, adjacent to the cities of Millbrae and San Bruno in unincorporated San Mateo County. It is often referred to as SFO. The airport has flights to destinations throughout the Americas and is a major gateway to Europe, Asia, and Australasia-Oceania.
San Francisco International Airport is the largest airport in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is the second busiest airport in the state of California after Los Angeles International Airport. As of 2006, San Francisco International Airport is the thirteenth largest in the United States[1] and the twenty-third largest airport in the world,[2] in terms of passengers. It is a major hub of United Airlines and is Virgin America's principal base of operations.[3] It is the sole maintenance hub of United Airlines. SFO is also a focus city for Alaska Airlines.
The two top airlines, United and American, account for 48.9% and 10.2% of passenger traffic respectively.
The airport enjoys a connection to an adjacent freeway, U.S. Route 101, as well as having its own Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) station adjoining one of its terminals. Interstate 380 intersects Highway 101 north of the airport, providing further connections to the region.
SFO has numerous passenger amenities, including a wide range of food and drink establishments, shopping, baggage storage, public showers, a medical clinic, and assistance for lost or stranded travelers and military personnel. The airport hosts the Louis A. Turpen Aviation Museum, the San Francisco Airport Commission Aviation Library, and both permanent and temporary art exhibitions in several places in the terminals. Public Wi-Fi is available throughout most of the terminal area, provided by T-Mobile for a fee.[4]
History
The airport was first opened on May 7, 1927 on 150 acres (607,000 m²) of cow pasture. The land was leased from prominent local landowner Ogden L. Mills, (who in turn had leased it from his grandfather Darius O. Mills) and was named Mills Field Municipal Airport. It remained Mills Field until 1931, when it was renamed San Francisco Municipal Airport. "Municipal" was replaced by "International" in 1955.
The U.S. Weather Bureau began keeping weather observations at Mills Field in May 1927. The weather records have continued under the National Weather Service, which maintained the Bay Area forecast office in the airport's control tower building until forecasting was moved to Redwood City. Although not the official weather observation site for San Francisco (with the official site existing in Duboce Park), data from SFO's automated weather station often appears as belonging to "San Francisco" in media sources outside of the Bay Area.
Starting in 1935, Pan American World Airways used the facility as the terminal for its "China Clipper" flying boat service across the Pacific Ocean. Domestic flights did not begin en masse, however, until World War II, when Oakland International Airport was taken over by the military and its passenger flights were shifted to San Francisco.[5]
After the war, United Airlines took up residence at SFO, using the Pan Am terminal for its flights to Hawaii and other U.S. cities. It has grown to become one of five United Airlines hubs and SFO is home of United's largest maintenance facility.
In 1954, the airport's Central Passenger Terminal opened for passenger service.[6] Jet service to SFO began in the late 1950s: United built a large maintenance facility at San Francisco for its new Douglas DC-8s. In July 1959 the first jetway bridge was installed in the United States. In 1974, a new terminal was built for domestic flights, and the CPT became an international terminal (known today as Terminal 2).
Operations, expansion, retreat and recovery
In 1989, an airport master plan and associated Environmental Impact Report was prepared to guide expansion and development over the next two decades.[7] During the economic boom of the 1990s and the dot-com boom, SFO became the sixth busiest international airport in the world. However, since 2001, when the economic boom times ended, SFO has fallen back out of the top twenty.[2]
SFO has expanded continuously through the decades. Most recently, a new $1 billion international terminal opened in December 2000, replacing Terminal 2 as the international terminal.[6] This new terminal contains a world-class aviation library and museum.[8] SFO’s long-running program of cultural exhibits, now called the San Francisco Airport Museums, won unprecedented accreditation by the American Association of Museums in 1999.[9]
A long-planned extension of the Bay Area Rapid Transit system to the airport opened on June 22, 2003, allowing passengers to board trains directly at the airport's international terminal bound for San Francisco or points in the East Bay.[10] BART trains also offer a quick trip to the nearby Millbrae Station, where passengers can board Caltrain commuter rail trains bound for San Jose and the Peninsula and SamTrans bus service bound for the Peninsula; however, BART authorities have announced their intention to close the direct SFO-Millbrae route on January 1, 2008.[11] In 2003, the AirTrain shuttle system opened, conveying passengers between terminals, parking lots, the BART station, and the rental car center on small automatic trains.
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It is not uncommon for SFO to experience significant delays in adverse weather, when only one of the airport's four runways can be used a time, due to a lateral separation of only 750 feet between runways. Airport planners have floated proposals to extend the airport's runways further into San Francisco Bay in order to accommodate the next generation of super-jumbo aircraft. In order to expand further into the bay, the airport would be required by law to restore bay land elsewhere in the Bay Area to offset the fill. Such proposals have nevertheless met resistance with environmental groups, fearing damage to the habitat of animals living near the airport and bay water quality.
As such, SFO suffers from loss of service as many airlines, especially as low-cost carriers such as ATA Airlines increasingly shift service to the other two major Bay Area airports at Oakland and San Jose, which continue to expand for the time being. However, SFO has superior land connections compared to Oakland and San Jose, being directly connected to U.S. Route 101, Interstate 380, and the BART system.
However, recovery at SFO has been evident. Spirit Airlines began daily service to Detroit on May 25, 2006, however, the airline is not returning its seasonal service to Detroit in 2008. In addition, Qantas began service from Sydney in March 2006, and began service to Vancouver on June 14, 2006; however, service to Vancouver was discontinued in 2008 and is now a codeshare with Alaska Airlines. United Airlines reinstated non-stop service to Seoul and Taipei on June 7 2007.[12] In addition, SFO has become the base of operations for start-up airline, Virgin America. At March 2007, Air China increased the frequency of the Beijing - San Francisco service from 5 times weekly to daily. Also Air China is to begin operations from Shanghai Pudong International Airport during March 2009. During the beginning of the summer season in 2006, low-cost carrier Frontier Airlines began operating flights to Los Angeles adding on to its existing service to Denver, service to LAX was then discontinued in July of 2007. On January 9, 2007, JetBlue Airways announced they will begin five non-stop flights to New York's JFK and Boston's Logan airports starting May 3.[13] On February 9, 2007, Southwest Airlines announced their plans to resume serving San Francisco International Airport in the early fall of 2007,[14] after having pulled out of the airport in May 2001 citing high costs and delays. Irish airline Aer Lingus announced commencing service to Dublin, Ireland beginning October 28 2007 following the passage of the open skies treaty.
A global warming study unveiled in February 2007 revealed that much of SFO would be under water with only a one-meter rise in sea levels.[15] In April 2007, SFO announced plans to introduce a registered traveler program that would allow travelers to speed through the TSA security checkpoint in about 30 seconds.[16]
Baggage and passenger screening is operated by Covenant Aviation Security, a TSA contractor, nicknamed "Team SFO." SFO was the first airport in the United States to integrate in-line baggage screening into its baggage-handling system and has been a model for other airports in the post-9/11 era.[9]
On October 4, 2007, an Airbus A380 jumbo jet made its first visit and test flight to the airport.[17]
Film history
- The short-lived television series San Francisco International Airport (1970) was set at the airport.
- The climax of the Steve McQueen movie Bullitt was filmed at the airport.
Aircraft noise abatement
SFO was one of the first airports to implement a Fly Quiet Program which grades individual air carriers on their performance on noise abatement procedures while flying in and out of SFO. The Jon C. Long Fly Quiet Program is an initiative implemented by the Aircraft Noise Abatement Office to encourage individual airlines to operate as quietly as possible at SFO. The program promotes a participatory approach in complying with the noise abatement procedures.
SFO was also one of the first U.S. airports to conduct a residential sound abatement retrofitting program. Established by the FAA in the early 1980s, this program evaluated the cost effectiveness of reducing interior sound levels for homes in the vicinity of the airport, or more particularly homes within the 65 CNEL noise contour surface. The program made use of a noise computer model to predict improvement in specific residential interiors for a variety of different noise control strategies. This pilot program was conducted for a neighborhood in the city of South San Francisco, and success was achieved in all of the homes analyzed. The construction costs turned out to be modest, and the post-construction interior sound level tests confirmed the model predictions for noise abatement. To date over $137 million has been spent to insulate in excess of 15,000 homes throughout the neighboring cities of Daly City, Pacifica, San Bruno, and South San Francisco.[18]
Terminals, airlines and destinations
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The airport is composed of four terminals (1, 2, 3, and International) and seven concourses (A through G) arranged in a ring. Terminal 1 (Boarding Areas B and C), Terminal 3 (Boarding Areas E and F), and the International Terminal (Boarding Area A) handle domestic flights. The International Terminal (Boarding Areas A and G) handle international flights. Terminal 2 (Boarding Area D) is undergoing renovations.
Note: Flights to and from Canada depart from and arrive in the domestic terminals, because they clear U.S. Customs at their Canadian originating airports through a border preclearance arrangement. JetBlue Airways and Virgin America depart from International Terminal Boarding Area A.
Terminal 1
Formerly known as the South Terminal, Terminal 1 consists of Boarding Area B and Boarding Area C. A third boarding area, Rotunda A, was demolished in 2007.
Boarding Area B
Note: All Alaska Airlines domestic and Canadian flights depart and arrive at Terminal 1 Boarding Area B and all Alaska Airlines Mexican flights depart and arrive at International Terminal Boarding Area A.
Boarding Area B has 18 gates: 20-31, 32-32B, 33-36
- AirTran Airways (Atlanta, Indianapolis [seasonal], Milwaukee [seasonal; begins May 6])
- Alaska Airlines (Anchorage [seasonal], Los Angeles, Palm Springs, Portland (OR), Seattle/Tacoma, Vancouver)
- Horizon Air (Portland (OR))
- Continental Airlines (Cleveland, Houston-Intercontinental, Newark)
- Southwest Airlines (Chicago-Midway, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix, San Diego)
- Sun Country Airlines (Minneapolis/St. Paul)
- US Airways (Charlotte, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh)
- US Airways Express operated by Mesa Airlines (Phoenix)
Boarding Area C
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Note: All Northwest Airlines domestic flights depart from Terminal 1 Boarding Area C and all Northwest international flights depart and arrive at International Terminal Boarding Area A.
Boarding Area C has nine gates: 40-48
- Delta Air Lines (Atlanta, Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City)
- Delta Connection operated by ExpressJet Airlines (Los Angeles)
- Delta Connection operated by SkyWest (Salt Lake City)
- Frontier Airlines (Denver)
- Hawaiian Airlines (Honolulu)
- Northwest Airlines (Detroit, Honolulu, Indianapolis [seasonal], Memphis [seasonal], Minneapolis/St. Paul)
Terminal 2
Formerly known as the Central Terminal, Terminal 2 consists of Boarding Area D. It replaced Rotunda A as the international terminal in 1974. When the current international terminal opened in 2000, Terminal 2 was closed for indefinite renovation and currently serves as a walkway between Terminal 1 and Terminal 3. The SFO Medical Clinic is located on the lower level.
Boarding Area D
Closed pending renovation or reconstruction
Boarding Area D can accommodate up to 14 gates. When renovations are complete, JetBlue, Southwest Airlines, and Virgin America are the likely occupants of the concourse, as international carriers, JetBlue, and Virgin America have limited expansion space in Boarding Area A while Southwest has limited expansion space in Boarding Area B.
Terminal 3
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Formerly known as the North Terminal, Terminal 3 is made up of Boarding Area E and Boarding Area F. This terminal is utilized by United Airlines, Air Canada, Midwest Airlines and American Airlines.
Boarding Area E
Boarding Area E has 13 gates: 60-60A, 61, 62A-B, 63, 64-64A, 65-65A, 66-66A, 67
- Air Canada (Calgary, Montréal, Toronto-Pearson, Vancouver)
- American Airlines (Boston, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Honolulu, Los Angeles, Miami, New York-JFK, St. Louis)
- American Eagle (Orange County)
- Midwest Airlines (Kansas City, Milwaukee [seasonal])
Boarding Area F - United Airlines
Note: All United Airlines domestic and Canadian flights depart from Terminal 3 Boarding Area F and all United international flights depart and arrive at International Terminal Boarding Area G.
Boarding Area F has 25 gates: 68-72, 73-73A, 74-76, 77-77A, 78-86, 87-87A, 88-90.
- United Airlines (Anchorage [seasonal], Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore/Washington, Boise, Boston, Burbank, Chicago-O'Hare, Dallas/Fort Worth, Denver, Eugene [begins March 30], Honolulu, Houston-Intercontinental, Kahului, Kona, Lihue, Los Angeles, New York-JFK, Newark, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Portland (OR), Reno/Tahoe, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma, Toronto-Pearson, Vail/Eagle [seasonal], Vancouver, Washington-Dulles)
- Ted operated by United Airlines (Las Vegas, Phoenix)
- United Express operated by SkyWest (Albuquerque, Aspen [seasonal], Bakersfield, Billings [seasonal], Boise, Bozeman [seasonal], Burbank, Calgary, Chico, Colorado Springs, Crescent City, Edmonton, Eugene [ends March 29], Eureka, Fresno, Klamath Falls [begins July 7], Medford, Modesto, Monterey, North Bend [begins July 7], Ontario, Orange County, Palmdale, Palm Springs, Redding, Redmond/Bend, Reno/Tahoe, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Tucson, Victoria [begins June 5])
International Terminal
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SFO's international terminal, designed by Craig W. Hartman and opened in December 2000, is the largest international terminal in North America, and is the largest building in the world built on base isolators to protect against earthquakes.[19] It replaced Terminal 2, which served as SFO's international terminal until 2000. Instead of the customary fast-food chains found at many other airports across the country, all restaurants in the International Terminal are leading restaurants in the Bay Area that have opened up fast-food versions of their establishments. SFO planners attempted to make the airport a destination in and of itself, not just for travelers that are passing through.[20] The international terminal is a common use facility, with all gates and all ticketing areas shared among the international airliners. All international arrivals and departures are handled here (except flights from cities with customs preclearance).
The airport BART station is also located in this terminal, at the garage leading to Boarding Area G.
All the gates in this terminal have two jetway bridges with the exception of gate A2, which only has one jetway; gate A11 is capable of accommodating two aircraft. Six of these gates are specifically designed for the Airbus A380, making SFO one of the first airports in the world with such gates when it was constructed in 2000.[21]
For lack of space, the terminal was constructed on top of the airport's main access road at enormous expense, completing the continuous "ring" of terminals. As a consequence, the terminal required its own elaborate set of ramps to connect it with Highway 101.
The design and construction of the international terminal is owed to Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, Del Campo & Maru Architects, Michael Willis Associates (main terminal building), Hellmuth, Obata and Kassabaum (Boarding Area G) & Gerson/Overstreet Architects (Boarding Area A).[19] The contracts were awarded after an architectural design competition.
If all gates in an airlines' designated international boarding area are full, passengers will board or deplane from the opposite international boarding area.
Despite the terminal's name, JetBlue Airways and Virgin America serve domestic destinations using this terminal from Boarding Area A. Passengers arriving on domestic and pre-cleared Canadian flights into the International Terminal claim their baggage in a separate area outside of customs and immigrations.
Boarding Area A
All SkyTeam and Oneworld international carriers operate from Boarding Area A. Asiana is the only Star Alliance carrier that uses Boarding Area A.
Boarding Area A has 13 gates: A1-A10, A11-A11A, A12
- Aer Lingus (Dublin)
- Air France (Paris-Charles de Gaulle)
- Alaska Airlines (Cancún [seasonal], Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Los Cabos, Mazatlan, Puerto Vallarta)
- Asiana Airlines (Seoul-Incheon)
- British Airways (London-Heathrow)
- Cathay Pacific (Hong Kong)
- China Airlines (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
- Japan Airlines (Tokyo-Narita)
- JetBlue Airways (Austin [begins May 1], Boston, New York-JFK, Salt Lake City)
- Jet Airways (Delhi, Mumbai, Shanghai-Pudong) [begins May 5] [22]
- Kingfisher Airlines (Bangalore [begins August 27], Chennai [begins September 2008], Mumbai [begins 2008])[23]
- KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Amsterdam)
- Korean Air (Seoul-Incheon)
- Mexicana (Guadalajara, Mexico City, Morelia)
- Northwest Airlines (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi [ends May 30], Tokyo-Narita)
- Philippine Airlines (Manila)
- Qantas (Melbourne, Sydney)
- TACA (San Salvador)
- Virgin America (Las Vegas, Los Angeles, New York-JFK, San Diego, Seattle/Tacoma, Washington-Dulles)
- Virgin Atlantic Airways (London-Heathrow)
Boarding Area G
All international Star Alliance members aside from Air Canada (Boarding Area E) and Asiana (Boarding Area A) use Boarding Area G. EVA Air is the only non-Star Alliance member that uses Boarding Area G.
Boarding Area G has 15 gates: G91, G92-G92A, G93-G98, G99-G99A, G100, G101-G101A, G102
- Air China (Beijing, Shanghai-Pudong [begins March 2009][24])
- Air India (Bangalore [begins August 2008][25], Delhi [begins 2008][26], Mumbai [begins 2008])
- Air New Zealand (Auckland, Melbourne [begins March 30])
- All Nippon Airways (Tokyo-Narita)
- EVA Air (Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan)
- Lufthansa (Frankfurt, Munich)
- Scandinavian Airlines System (Copenhagen) [begins Spring 2009][27]
- Singapore Airlines (Hong Kong, Seoul-Incheon, Singapore)
- United Airlines (Bangkok-Suvarnabhumi, Beijing, Cancún, Frankfurt, Guangzhou [begins June 18], Hong Kong, London-Heathrow, Mexico City, Nagoya-Centrair, Osaka-Kansai, Seoul-Incheon, Shanghai-Pudong, Sydney, Taipei-Taiwan Taoyuan, Tokyo-Narita)
- Ted operated by United Airlines (Los Cabos, Puerto Vallarta)
Accessibility
AirTrain
AirTrain is the airport's people-mover system. Fully automated and free of charge, it connects all four terminals, the two international terminal garages, the BART station, and the airport's Rental Car Center.[28]
Rail
The San Francisco International Airport (SFO) BART station, located in Parking Garage G of the International Terminal, is the only direct rail link between the airport, the city of San Francisco, and the general Bay Area. As of January 1, 2008, the SFO station is served by the Pittsburg/Bay Point – SFO Line. Tickets from the airport range from $1.50 (to Millbrae) to $5.35 (downtown San Francisco), and more for the East Bay. BART is SFO's connection to Caltrain at the Millbrae Station, which requires a transfer at the San Bruno station during most of BART's operating day; only during the first & last hour of BART service does direct service between SFO and Millbrae take place each day. [1]
Bus
The San Francisco Municipal Railway, San Francisco's transit agency, does not provide service to the airport. However, SamTrans, San Mateo County's transit agency, does, with three lines (292, 397, and KX) connecting Terminal 2, Terminal 3, and the International Terminal to San Francisco and the Peninsula down to Palo Alto.
Numerous door-to-door van, airporter, limousine, hotel courtesy, and charter operators service the airport. Taxis, along with the aforementioned services, stop at the center island transportation island on the arrivals/baggage claim level of the airport.
In addition, China Airlines operates bus services to SFO from Milpitas and Cupertino.[29]
Car
The airport is located on U.S. Highway 101, 13 miles (21 km) south of downtown San Francisco. It is near the US 101 interchange with Interstate 380, a short freeway that connects US 101 with Interstate 280.
The airport provides both short-term and long-term parking facilities. Short term parking is located in the central terminal area and two international terminal garages. Long term parking is located on South Airport Blvd. and San Bruno Ave. and are served by shuttle buses.
Passengers can also park long-term at a select number of BART stations, that have parking lots, with a permit purchased online in advance.
Taxi
Taxis depart from designated taxi zones located at the roadway center islands, on the Arrivals/Baggage Claim Level of all terminals.[30]
Aircraft incidents
On December 24, 1964, Flying Tiger Line Flight 282, a cargo aircraft departing for New York City, crashed in the hills west of the airport, killing all 3 crewmembers aboard.[31]
On July 30 1971, Pan Am Flight 845, a Boeing 747 (registration: N747PA, name: Clipper America), struck navigational aids at the end of runway 1R on takeoff for Tokyo. The aircraft's landing gear was damaged, and the flight proceeded out over the Pacific Ocean to dump fuel in order to reduce weight for an emergency landing. Emergency services were deployed at the airport, and the plane returned and landed on runway 28R, using only the landing gear on one side of the aircraft. As the gear partially collapsed, the aircraft skidded into the dirt area next to the runway and came to a stop, but there was no fire. The aircraft was successfully evacuated using emergency slides. There were no fatalities among the 218 passengers and crew aboard, but there were a number of injuries, some serious. An investigation determined the cause of the accident to be erroneous information from the flight dispatcher to the crew regarding weight and runway length.[32]
On February 19, 1985, China Airlines Flight 006, en route from Taipei to Los Angeles, lost power over the Pacific in one of its four engines. The pilots of the Boeing 747SP aircraft failed to trim the plane to counteract the asymmetric thrust condition, despite having several minutes to do so. The aircraft eventually rolled over and dived a total of 30,000 feet before being brought under control and diverted to SFO.
On June 28, 1998, United Airlines Flight 863, a Boeing 747-400, cleared nearby San Bruno Mountain by only 100 feet after a pilot erred in correcting for a failed engine during takeoff.[33]
On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 was hijacked and crashed in Shanksville, PA while enroute to SFO.
On January 13, 2008, an empty United Airlines Boeing 757 aircraft, being pushed back to the maintenance hangar, backed into a Skywest commuter jet pushing back for departure near Gates 79 and 80. No one was injured, but both planes sustained damage to their tails and engines. [2][3]
See also
- Oakland International Airport
- San Jose International Airport
- List of airports in the San Francisco Bay area
- Transportation in the San Francisco Bay Area
- List of airports in California
References
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- ^ a b World's largest airports by number of passengers. Retrieved on August 7 2006.
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- ^ a b Unveiling of the new International Terminal. From the San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved on August 7, 2006.
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- ^ a b Curt Sanburn. "Top Flight". Hana Hou! Vol. 9, No. 6 (Dec 2006 / Jan 2007). Photos by Dana Edmunds.
In 1999, SFO's long-running program of cultural exhibits won unprecedented accreditation by the American Association of Museums. Now called the San Francisco Airport Museums, the program lines up a non-stop—and uniquely oddball—series of rotating shows.
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- San Francisco International Airport (official site)
- FAA Airport Form 5010 for SFO PDF
External links
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- San Francisco International Airport website
- San Francisco International Airport Community Roundtable Homepage
- San Francisco International Airport Aircraft Noise Abatement Office
- Overscheduling at SFO
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- FAA Airport Diagram (PDF), effective August 8, 2024
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KSFO
- ASN accident history for SFO
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS weather observations: current, past three days
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KSFO
- FAA current SFO delay information
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