San Diego International Airport KSAN / SAN
Ten minutes from the Gaslamp Quarter and La Jolla, with a single Signature FBO and CBP. The departure curfew is mandatory with fines; the single runway is shared with dense airline traffic, so many operators use Carlsbad or Brown Field for repositioning.
9,401 ft
Longest runway
10 min
Drive to San Diego
1
FBOs / handlers
17 ft
Elevation
Facts
- Hours
- H24 (mandatory departure curfew 23:30–06:30)
- 24-hour operations
- Yes
- Customs & immigration
- Yes
- Prior permission (PPR)
- No
- Slot coordination
- No
- Noise curfew
- Yes
- Runway surface
- asphalt
- Fuel
- Jet A, SAF (limited)
- Helipad
- Yes
- Distance to centre
- 5 km
- Typical largest aircraft
- Any size including BBJ/ACJ.
- Website
- www.san.org
Private terminals (FBOs)
- Signature Flight Support San Diego
An FBO is the private terminal: lounge, crew, fuel, customs desk. You drive up, walk 30 metres, and board.
Which jets can use this runway?
Based on published takeoff distances at maximum weight versus a 9,401 ft runway. Hot days, high elevation and wet runways reduce the margin.
✓ Comfortably
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-8 (MAX 8) 7,500 ft
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 737-7 (MAX 7) 5,900 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ319neo 6,300 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ320neo 6,800 ft
- Airbus Corporate Jets ACJ TwoTwenty 6,200 ft
- Embraer Executive Jets Lineage 1000E 6,076 ft
✕ Marginal or no
- Boeing Business Jets BBJ 787-8 needs 9,800 ft
Other airports for San Diego
- McClellan-Palomar Airport KCRQ 4,897 ft · 45 min