CircumFlightKSQL SAN CARLOS
San Carlos, CA · FAA identifier SQL · Accident history (NTSB)
122°14′58.3″W
Conditions
Category: VFR Wind: 000° at 0 kt Visibility: 10 sm Temp/Dewpoint: 16°C / 12°C Altimeter: 29.96" Hg Sky: --- ft - CLR Density Alt: 87 ft
Category: VFR Wind: variable at 3 kt Visibility: more than 6 sm Weather: KSFO 120249Z Sky: --- ft - SKC
Category: MVFR Wind: 120° at 4 kt Visibility: 5 sm Weather: BR Sky: 1,500 ft - BKN
Category: VFR Wind: 160° at 10 kt Visibility: more than 6 sm Sky: 25,000 ft - FEW
Category: VFR Wind: 200° at 15 kt Visibility: more than 6 sm Sky: 25,000 ft - FEW
Runways
Frequencies
All frequencies (14)
| Use | Frequency | Sector | Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| TOWER | 119.0 | 0700-2100 | |
| TOWER | 326.2 | 0700-2100 | |
| GND | 118.025 | ||
| CTAF | 119.000 | ||
| UNICOM | 122.950 | ||
| ATIS | 125.9 | ||
| SACRAMENTO APCH | 133.95 | ||
| SACRAMENTO APCH | 317.6 | ||
| SACRAMENTO APCH (Secondary) | 135.65 | ||
| SACRAMENTO APCH (Secondary) | 251.05 | ||
| SACRAMENTO APCH (Secondary) | 310.8 | ||
| SACRAMENTO APCH (Secondary) | 338.2 | ||
| SACRAMENTO DEP | 135.65 | ||
| SACRAMENTO DEP | 310.8 |
Procedures and charts
Charts open from the FAA's digital Terminal Procedures Publication, cycle 2612, effective 11/26/2026 12:00:00 AM to 12/24/2026 12:00:00 AM. Not for navigation; check the cycle before flight.
NOTAMs
Not for operational use
NOTAMs as captured by CircumFlight from the FAA's NOTAM distribution; not FAA data, and not necessarily complete or current. Always get an official briefing before flight.
PLAIN-LANGUAGE READING - BEST EFFORT. Abbreviations are expanded automatically and may be wrong or incomplete. The raw NOTAM above is the official text; fly by it, not by this.
OBSTACLES (1)
AIRPORT & SERVICES (2)
AIRSPACE (1)
Release queue
No departures are waiting on a release time right now.
No recent releases in the current picture.
Release times (the slot at the departure fix) and delay causes from traffic management, derived by CircumFlight, as of 0359Z; not FAA data and not for operational use. Get your release from ATC. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.
Arrivals and departures
| Flight | Type | From | Now |
|---|---|---|---|
| N8458S | C182 | KRNO | 119 nm · 8,500 ft · 118 kt · ~60 min |
No outbound flights in the current picture.
Flights seen in the last five minutes, as of 0359Z. A departure at a gate has its departure clearance and has not yet moved; a place marked (est.) is the nearest stand to the aircraft's last surface position. Derived by CircumFlight from air traffic management feeds; not FAA data and not for operational use. Times are estimates from distance and ground speed. Aircraft whose owners have asked the FAA to limit the display of their flights are not shown.
Statistics
Grants
| FY | Grants | Awarded | AIP | Other programs | Tower ops | $ / op | US $ / op | Share of US |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 1 | $2,283,119 | $2,283,119 | — | 111,500 | $20.48 | $50.51 | 0.08% |
| 2015 | 1 | $250,290 | $250,290 | — | 119,148 | $2.10 | $52.92 | 0.01% |
| 2016 | 1 | $433,313 | $433,313 | — | 105,916 | $4.09 | $52.74 | 0.01% |
| 2017 | 1 | $135,975 | $135,975 | — | 104,106 | $1.31 | $55.49 | 0.00% |
| 2020 | 1 | $1,002,330 | $902,097 | $100,233 | 57,997 | $17.28 | $102.15 | 0.02% |
| 2021 | 3 | $216,512 | $90,315 | $126,197 | 75,990 | $2.85 | $193.37 | 0.00% |
| 2023 | 1 | $11,556,879 | $11,556,879 | — | 67,302 | $171.72 | $129.46 | 0.16% |
| 2024 | 2 | $253,428 | $253,428 | — | 98,794 | $2.57 | $114.61 | 0.00% |
| 2025 | 2 | $265,720 | $0 | $265,720 | — | — | — | 0.00% |
Other programs: pandemic relief (CARES, CRRSA, ARPA), the infrastructure law (AIG, ATRM, FCT) and ARRA. US $ / op is that fiscal year's awards to towered fields divided by those fields' operations, so it compares like with like; Share of US is this field's awards against every award in the FAA's report for the year. A year without counts has no tower figures.
Weighted comparison (CircumFlight's own estimate)
An airline operation and a light-aircraft operation are not the same use of an airport, so this view weights itinerant operations before dividing: air carrier 32, air taxi and military 4, general aviation 1, roughly in proportion to fuel burned, and so to the fuel and ticket taxes that fund the Airport and Airway Trust Fund. The weights are CircumFlight's, not the FAA's; local (pattern) operations are left out. The US column uses the same weights over every towered field with an award that year.
| FY | Air carrier | Air taxi + mil. | General aviation | Units | $ / unit | US $ / unit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | 2,863 | 51,553 | 63,229 | $36.11 | $4.56 |
| 2015 | 0 | 31,134 | 45,065 | 169,601 | $1.48 | $4.33 |
| 2016 | 0 | 19,495 | 39,697 | 117,677 | $3.68 | $4.31 |
| 2017 | 53 | 17,142 | 40,380 | 110,644 | $1.23 | $4.47 |
| 2020 | 0 | 8,094 | 22,873 | 55,249 | $18.14 | $9.32 |
| 2021 | 0 | 12,060 | 27,283 | 75,523 | $2.87 | $18.37 |
| 2023 | 0 | 5,899 | 31,110 | 54,706 | $211.25 | $10.65 |
| 2024 | 12 | 5,074 | 35,530 | 56,210 | $4.51 | $9.06 |
| All | 72 | 101,761 | 293,491 | 702,839 | $22.95 | — |
| Category | Grants | Awarded | Share | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Runways | 3 | $12,426,032 | 76% | |
| Buildings, roads and utilities | 2 | $2,348,055 | 14% | |
| Planning and environmental | 3 | $507,941 | 3.1% | |
| Taxiways | 2 | $457,644 | 2.8% | |
| Noise mitigation | 1 | $433,313 | 2.6% | |
| Pandemic relief | 2 | $116,162 | 0.71% | |
| Aprons | 1 | $108,419 | 0.66% |
Categories are read from the FAA's project wording by CircumFlight's rules (noise mitigation first, then the pandemic programs, terminals, runways, taxiways, aprons, lighting and navaids, safety and security, snow removal and equipment, land, planning, buildings and roads). A grant that lists several projects is counted under its largest line item here and shown under it below; a line item with several projects takes the first one named.
| FY | Grant | Category | Amount | Work |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3-06-0210-029-2025 2025-09-17 |
Aprons | $108,419 | Rehabilitate Apron |
| 2025 | 3-06-0210-030-2025 2025-09-17 |
Planning and environmental | $157,301 | Conduct/Update Miscellaneous Study |
| 2024 | 3-06-0210-026-2024 2024-09-11 |
Taxiways | $188,492 | Shift Taxiway |
| 2024 | 3-06-0210-027-2024 2024-09-11 |
Buildings, roads and utilities | $64,936 | Zero Emissions Infrastructure |
| 2023 | 3-06-0210-025-2023 2023-06-13 |
Runways | $11,556,879 | Rehabilitate Runway |
| 2021 | 3-06-0210-022-2021 2021-05-11 |
Planning and environmental | $100,350 $90K AIP |
Conduct or Update Miscellaneous Study |
| 2021 | 3-06-0210-023-2021 2021-04-14 |
Pandemic relief | $57,162 | CRRSA Act Contract Tower,CRRSA Act Funds |
| 2021 | 3-06-0210-024-2021 2021-08-12 |
Pandemic relief | $59,000 | General ARPA |
| 2020 | seq. 20 | Runways | $1,002,330 $902K AIP |
Seal Taxiway Pavement Surface/Pavement Joints; Seal Runway Pavement Surface/Pavement Joints |
| 2017 | seq. 19 | Runways | $135,975 | Rehabilitate Apron, Rehabilitate Runway - 12/30, Rehabilitate Taxiway |
| 2016 | seq. 18 | Noise mitigation | $433,313 | Conduct Noise Compatibility Plan Study |
| 2015 | seq. 17 | Planning and environmental | $250,290 | Update Airport Master Plan Study |
| 2013 | seq. 16 | Buildings, roads and utilities | $2,283,119 | Construct Fuel Farm, Improve Airport Drainage [Replace pump station and generator] |
From the FAA's Airport Improvement Program grant history reports, FY2010–FY2025 (federal fiscal years, October to September), as the FAA published them. Every program in those reports is counted: from FY2020 they include CARES, CRRSA and ARPA relief, and from FY2021 the infrastructure law's AIG, terminal (ATRM) and contract tower (FCT) grants, so a total here is not AIP alone; the AIP share is shown separately. Tower operations are the FAA's ATADS counts for towered fields, calendar years 2010 to 2024; a field without a tower has no counts, and a year's dollars per operation divide a fiscal year's awards by the same-numbered calendar year's count. Grants to state block programs, system plans and proposed airports carry no airport identifier and are not shown on airport pages. Ranks count airports with at least one award in these years. Figures are as published and may be revised by the FAA; this is not FAA analysis. Sources: FAA AIP grant histories, FAA ATADS airport operations. What a sponsor agrees to in accepting a grant: FAA grant assurances.
Nearby airports
| Airport | Name | Distance | Bearing | Conditions | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KPAO | PALO ALTO | 7.1 nm | 115° SE | VFR | 230° 4 kt |
| KSFO | SAN FRANCISCO INTL | 8.8 nm | 317° NW | VFR | 240° 3 kt |
| KHWD | HAYWARD EXEC | 10.7 nm | 035° NE | VFR | Calm |
| KHAF | HALF MOON BAY | 12.0 nm | 271° W | VFR | Calm |
| KOAK | OAKLAND SAN FRANCISCO BAY | 12.6 nm | 006° N | VFR | Calm |
| KSJC | MINETA SAN JOSE INTL | 17.7 nm | 120° SE | VFR | Calm |
| KRHV | REID-HILLVIEW OF SANTA CLARA COUNTY | 23.1 nm | 118° SE | VFR | Calm |
| KLVK | LIVERMORE MUNI | 23.1 nm | 062° NE | VFR | Calm |
| KCCR | BUCHANAN FLD | 30.1 nm | 018° N | VFR | Calm |
| C83 | BYRON | 35.2 nm | 057° NE | — | |
| KTCY | TRACY MUNI | 39.9 nm | 074° E | — |
Private-use fields nearby (8)
| KNUQ | MOFFETT FEDERAL AIRFIELD | 11.1 nm | 121° SE | VFR | Calm |
| 22CA | COMMODORE CENTER | 25.4 nm | 330° NW | — | |
| 17CL | LAS TRANCAS | 25.5 nm | 183° S | — | |
| CL77 | BONNY DOON | 27.1 nm | 168° S | — | |
| 63CN | MEADOWLARK FLD | 27.9 nm | 071° E | — | |
| CA35 | SAN RAFAEL | 32.9 nm | 337° NW | — | |
| 4CA2 | FUNNY FARM | 38.7 nm | 047° NE | — | |
| CN19 | LAS SERPIENTES | 39.5 nm | 050° NE | — |
Distances are great-circle from the airport reference point; bearings and winds are true. Conditions are each field's own METAR from the last two hours; a dash means it has none.