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San Francisco SFO Airport Overview

San Francisco International Airport SFO is one of the country's busiest airports and is gateway to the Pacific regions. SFO serves the cosmopolitan city of San Francisco, Silicon Valley, and the wider Bay Area.

The Airport is located next to the cities of Millbrae & San Bruno, in San Mateo County, 13 miles south of San Francisco, California, and situated near the junction of Highway 101 and Interstate 380, and offers easy connection to Hwy 280 (San Jose - San Francisco).

With four long runways and an estimated 37.4 million passengers a year, San Francisco International Airport is hub to United and Virgin America airlines, and is served by a multitude of domestic and international airlines offering direct and connecting flights to all points of the globe. Using the large A-380 carrier - Lufthansa's flight 454 offers a scheduled route to Frankfurt and AirFrance seasonal flights to Paris de Gaulle airports.

For current traffic information, call 511 from within the San Francisco Bay Area, or  510.817.1717 from outside.

The passenger terminal complex at San Francisco's Airport consists of four passenger terminals - domestic terminals T1, T2, T3 & the International Terminal.  T1 with Boarding Areas B & C, T2 with Boarding Area D, and T3 with Boarding Areas E & F, are arranged in a circle around the Domestic Garages; while the International Terminal with Boarding Areas A & G has garages A & B attached to both sides of its Main Hall.  T1, T2 & T3 handle domestic flights plus pre-TSA clearance flights from Canada. (For detailed terminal information click on 'Terminal Maps'.)
Other parking options at San Francisco International Airport include a cell phone lot, a Domestic Parking Garage, International Parking Garages A & G, ParkFAST covered reserved parking, and Park VALET. (For detailed parking information, click on 'Airport Parking'.)

The Rental Car Center at San Franisco Airport (780 N. McDonnell Road) is accessible by AirTrain's Blue Line, which also serves the parking lots and all terminals and runs 24/7. for Avis, houses the rental car counters for Budget, Dollar, Enterprise, Fox, Hertz, National & Thrifty on level 4. Offsite agencies ACE & Payless provide free shuttles from the Rental car center, stopping at the south curb upon request.

To get from San Francisco International Airport to your destination, you can rent a car, take a taxi or limo, or use the efficient Metro rail services which run between the Airport, the city, and the Bay Area. The BART transportation system at the Airport connects to the Caltrain at the Millbrae Station, requiring a transfer at the San Bruno station during weekday daytime hours; however, direct service between SFO & Millbrae is available weekday evening, and on weekends/holidays.
Transportation available outside the International Terminal: (a) Charter Services, SamTrans, & Pre-Arranged Vans - at level 1, Bus Courtyards A & G; (b) Airporters Bus, Limousines, & taxis - at level 2, Arriva/Baggage Claim Center island Transport Zone; and (c) Long-term parking shuttle, Off-Airport parking shuttle, hotel courtesy shuttles & door-to-door vans - at level 3, Departures/Ticketing Center Island Transport Zone.


San Francisco SFO Airport Update History

  • Updated SFO Airports page - Jan 9, 2012
  • Updated SFO Parking On site page - Dec 14, 2011
  • Updated SFO Email page - Nov 27, 2011
  • Updated SFO Direct Flights page - Nov 13, 2011
  • Updated SFO Airport Intro page - Nov 6, 2011
  • Updated SFO Food & Stores page - Nov 4, 2011
  • Updated SFO Gate Offset page - Oct 9, 2011
  • Updated SFO Terminal Map page - Oct 9, 2011
  • Updated SFO Lost Found page - Sep 18, 2011
  • Updated SFO Official Website Links page - Sep 18, 2011
  • Updated SFO Main Terminals page - Sep 8, 2011

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San Francisco SFO Comments

  • iFly Editorial:
    (posted Mon, Feb 21)

     

    Wile a frequent traveler at San Francisco Airport shares his knowledge about the terminal layout, others advise on how to avoid long lines at Immigration check. Regarding parking facilities, we learn how to access ParkValet, the Cell Phone Lot (for passenger pickup), and the garages and long-term parking lot. As to shops & food, passengers point us to duty-free locations, to the fee-based Rapid Charging Units, to Pacific Outfitters for travel-related items, and to the Berman Reflection Room for meditation. We also learn that Wi-Fi access is free, which airline lounges are available at SFO, and where to find the Animal Relief Area. Some passengers advise that while BART trains will take you from SFO quickly and cheaply into midtown, or to other connecting trains, they depart from midtown Sundays only from 8am onwards, too late for an early-morning flight. Frequent travelers using the International Terminal seem to agree about its efficiency and spaciousness

     

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  • SFO Terminal 1 to International Terminal
    kpluvscows said:
    (posted Fri, Jan 20)

     

    Anyone know how long it would take to get off Terminal 1 and get to International Terminal G? I have one hour to switch from Frontier to ANA. I think we should walk it.

     

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  • From BART to International arrival
    Amit said:
    (posted Sun, Jan 15)

     

    Hi, I got to receive my wife, she is coming by Swiss airlines to the SFO international terminal. I am planning to go by BART. Is there a direct way from BART to arrival hall?

     

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  • Transfers
    dre said:
    (posted Thu, Jan 5)

     

    I will be going from Terminal 2- American to Terminal 3- United in March with less than an hour of time. Can I do this without going through security? Is there construction that affects this? What is the best way to get there? Thanks

     

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  • getting to terminal 3 from 1
    mssel said:
    (posted Fri, Dec 30)

     

    What is best way to get from terminal 1 to 3? my friend has a connector flight at 11:04 tonight and her plane just landed. She is from Canada, does she have to go thru customs too?

     

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  • Christmas day
    bobby said:
    (posted Tue, Dec 20)

     

    i'm flying christmas day at 8:14 am from sfo from on a united flight. Do you think the security checkpoint will be long? i will already have my pre printed board pass. i dont want to get there to early.

     

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  • Re: getting proper info when needed
    ALC said:
    (posted Tue, Dec 20)

     

    I flew into SFO on Sat.Dec 17th after an overnight flight from Australia. An experience I don't wish to repeat. I will make sure in the future to fly in anywhere but SFO. At the first line up the lady encountered told me that for economical flights to proceed to Additional Services and I would find it no problem. I proceeded to find this counter. I asked an attendant if I was in the right line up for a transfer and he said yes,I had an hour before I had to board my plane. Then a young lady arrived whose plane had missed a connection wondering what line to go in for more information after waiting 30 minutes in another and leaving her husband and two toddlers behind to get info and he told her she was in the right line too, two young men who only had 20 minutes left to board a change of planes were also told they were in the right lane BUTthe problem was that this line wasn't moving hadn't moved two feet in 40 minutes or more according to the people ahead of us. Finally fearing that I would miss my connection I left this line to look for someone who could give me answers. I found another worker a young lady with a Santa hat who really listened and put me ahead in the customs line I should have been in to transfer to my plane for Chicago which I made just in time and then had to wait an hour on the plane while the air system on board was fixed. The point I am making is that the gentleman directing us didn't know what he was doing, he wasn't listening to our problem just pointing everybody to the same line up. I asked his name before leaving and I can only hope that John Z. will be given further training before attending to the probems of passengers who are coming in to the SFO airport. I have never been so wrongly informed or so frustrated and I wasn't the only one. Avoid this airport!?

     

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  • SFO Terminal 2: good eats recomendation?
    Tone said:
    (posted Sun, Dec 11)

     

    Got a 2 hour layover at SFO, terminal 2. Any suggestions for a late lunch or early dinner?

     

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  • Garments strewn over baggage claim
    PK said:
    (posted Tue, Nov 29)

     

    I had a tricky zipper on a new suitcase that didn't close all the way. Lucky me, I was selected for deeper scrutiny and found my suitcase open, garments and other contents strewn over the baggage claim carousel. Also lucky me, lots of undergarments and my new boss watching me run after everything. What joy. Yes, the zipper was the real issue however, come on, the zipper works fine in one direction, can we give it a little try please?

     

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  • Accurate Times
    Anne said:
    (posted Mon, Nov 28)

     

    Be certain to accurately note the time of departure and time of arrival, and to be careful to NOT CONFUSE the "travel time" with the arrival time!

     

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  • Baggage not arrived
    Arroyomu said:
    (posted Tue, Nov 15)

     

    WE were told are baggage would besent to our home in Fairfield, Ca we arrived from Paris on flt 2031 11/14/11. We left dscription of our luggage.

     

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  • wait times
    mbt said:
    (posted Tue, Nov 15)

     

    Terminal 3 security, even for first class, has been horrible since Continental moved in with UAL. In 4 of my 5 most recent trips, wait has been > 20 min. in the "elite" line. It was so bad last time, I got into the "regular" line at the Continental side of the terminal.

     

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  • This chart is BS
    BJR said:
    (posted Tue, Nov 8)

     

    Wait times have gotten worse at SFO since the construction changes. I waited over well over 15 minutes in Oct 2011

     

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  • Terminal 2 to International Terminal
    TLC said:
    (posted Sun, Oct 23)

     

    Anyone know how to transfer from Terminal 2 to International Terminal using the connector? I will arrive at H57 and heard about a connector but need information. Thanks!

     

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  • Terminal 2 to International Terminal
    TLC said:
    (posted Sun, Oct 23)

     

    I have 1 hr connection flight from SFO to ICN. Would walking be faster or taking the AirTran at SFO? Plus would I have to go through security again when arriving at the International Terminal?

     

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