Arrivals
Live arrival times, status, terminal and baggage belt are on the arrivals page.
SAN
Airport information
San Diego International Airport
San Diego, United StatesIATA: SANICAO: KSAN
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Departures
Live departure times, status, terminal and gate are on the departures page.
Live radar
Live radar around the airport
View current aircraft positions around this airport and find a flight directly on the map.
The runways at this airport
What do the colors mean?
- No traffic seen The runway is there, but we see nothing on it right now.
- Arriving traffic Aircraft are descending toward this runway right now.
- Departing traffic Aircraft are climbing out from this runway right now.
- Direction unknown It says “in use now” without an arrow: we see traffic, but the aircraft does not report whether it is climbing or descending.
The white arrow on the runway points the way the traffic is going. Derived from the positions of aircraft flying low near the airport right now. Not an official runway plan; what we see.
Designation, direction and length of every runway. These rarely change; which one is in use right now shows up here whenever we observe traffic.
1 runway · Longest runway: 9,400 ft
- 09/279,401 ft · heading 106/286 degrees
We currently see no traffic on approach or just after takeoff. That happens at a quiet airport or in the middle of the night.
Runway data: OurAirports, public domain.
Practical
Plan your trip
Transport by bus and taxi; parking at the airport; picking someone up or dropping them off.
Fly direct
Direct destinations
The destinations we know the most flight numbers for. That approximates how heavily a route is served; it is not a passenger count.
SFOUnited States
San Francisco
- Distance
- 447 mi
- Estimated duration
- 1h 7m
- Airlines
Alaska Airlines · Frontier Airlines · +4
Alaska Airlines · Frontier Airlines · Horizon Air · SkyWest Airlines · Southwest Airlines · United Airlines
LASUnited States
Las Vegas
- Distance
- 259 mi
- Estimated duration
- 52m
- Airlines
Frontier Airlines · Horizon Air · +3
Frontier Airlines · Horizon Air · SkyWest Airlines · Southwest Airlines · Spirit Airlines
PHXUnited States
Phoenix
- Distance
- 304 mi
- Estimated duration
- 52m
- Airlines
Alaska Airlines · American Airlines · +4
Alaska Airlines · American Airlines · Frontier Airlines · Horizon Air · SkyWest Airlines · Southwest Airlines
DENUnited States
Denver
- Distance
- 852 mi
- Estimated duration
- 1h 51m
- Airlines
Air Canada · Alaska Airlines · +6
Air Canada · Alaska Airlines · Frontier Airlines · JetBlue · SkyWest Airlines · Southwest Airlines · Sun Country Airlines · United Airlines
Airports nearby
Other airports within reach, with the straight-line distance and the number of direct destinations we know of. Airports without scheduled service are left out.
- TijuanaGeneral Abelardo L. Rodriguez International AirportTIJ18 mi14 destinations
- CarlsbadMcClellan-Palomar AirportCLD28 mi17 destinations
- Santa AnaJohn Wayne Orange County International AirportSNA76 mi81 destinations
- Palm SpringsPalm Springs International AirportPSP85 mi44 destinations
- Long BeachLong Beach International AirportLGB93 mi31 destinations
Airport facts
Practical information
- Full name
- San Diego International Airport
- City and country
- San Diego, United States
- IATA / ICAO
- SAN / KSAN
- Time zone
- America/Los_Angeles
- Terminal
- 1, 2
- Category
- Major airport
Terminals: © OpenStreetMap contributors
San Diego Airport (SAN) flight status
San Diego International Airport (IATA: SAN, ICAO: KSAN), the field most travelers simply call San Diego airport, is a large airport serving San Diego, United States, and a busy one by our own numbers: over 30 days, our receivers logged an average of 88.8 aircraft observations per day near SAN, with Southwest Airlines as by far the most frequently measured carrier. If you are tracking a specific flight, the live radar on this page shows the aircraft arriving at and departing from SAN right now, and the arrivals and departures pages linked above the radar list each flight with its scheduled and expected time.
What our own 30-day measurement shows
The traffic figures on this page come from our own reception measurement, not from a third party. Over those 30 days, San Diego International Airport came out at a busy traffic level, which fits its classification as a large airport in our data. The daily average quoted above is the figure to keep in mind when you compare SAN with other fields in the region.
The busiest window in that measurement fell between 01:00 and 03:00 UTC. Note that our measuring clock runs in UTC, so this window does not line up one to one with local San Diego time. If you are meeting an arriving passenger or planning a departure, the arrivals and departures pages linked above the radar remain the place to check the actual schedule of the moment.
Airlines we measured at San Diego airport
Three carriers stood out clearly in our 30-day count. Southwest Airlines was the most frequent by a wide margin, with 871 measurements at SAN over the period. American Airlines followed with 439 measurements, and Alaska Airlines completed the top three with 279. Those counts are measurements over the 30-day window, not a share of all traffic at SAN. If you already know which airline you are flying, the carrier pages are the faster route: see Southwest flight status, American Airlines flight status, and Alaska Airlines flight status.
For a status check, that split is the practical takeaway: the radar on this page shows everything moving around San Diego airport right now, the arrivals and departures pages give each flight its time and status, and the three airline links above take you straight to the carriers that dominate our count.
Nearby airports
From SAN's position at 32.7336 north and 117.19 west, the two closest airports in our coverage are General Abelardo L. Rodriguez International Airport at about 30 km and McClellan-Palomar Airport at roughly 45 km from San Diego International. Farther out, Ensenada International Airport / El Ciprés Air Base lies at 118 km. The two closer fields are worth keeping at hand when a flight is diverted or when you are comparing departure options around San Diego. Beyond the region, see the airport overview.