San Carlos Airport
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| IATA: SQL – ICAO: KSQL – FAA: SQL | |||
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| Airport type | Public | ||
| Owner | San Mateo County | ||
| Location | San Carlos, California | ||
| Elevation AMSL | 5 ft / 1.5 m | ||
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| Direction | Length | Surface | |
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| 12/30 | 2,600 | 792 | Asphalt |
San Carlos Airport (IATA: SQL, ICAO: KSQL, FAA LID: SQL) is a small general aviation airport located two miles (3 km) northeast of the central business district (CBD) of San Carlos, off U.S. Route 101 in San Mateo County, California, USA. Adjacent to the airport is the Hiller Air Museum. The FAA's National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) classifies San Carlos as an important reliever airport for San Francisco International.
The main runway is 2,600 ft (792 m) long. Aircraft with maximum gross weight in excess of 12,500 lb (5,670 kg) are prohibited from operating from San Carlos Airport.
It was constructed in its present location in 1948. Prior to that, the airport was located approximately one-half mile southwest of its current location at the site where a Best Buy is now located.
The San Carlos Airport is home to over 500 aircraft and over 30 aviation related businesses. Last year, San Carlos Airport generated over 151,000 aircraft "operations". Approximately half of the operations are business related or revenue generating.
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[edit] Origin of SQL airport code
Given its proximity to the headquarters of the Oracle Corporation, a maker of database software, some have speculated that the airport code of SQL is a humorous reference to this large neighbor; in databases, SQL stands for Structured Query Language. It is just a coincidence, though one that many technically-inclined residents of the Bay Area and Silicon Valley were sure to notice. The airport was given this code well before the founding of the Oracle corporation.
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- FAA Airport Master Record for SQL (Form 5010 PDF)
- San Mateo County Airports - San Carlos Airport (official site)
[edit] External links
- San Carlos Airport Pilots Association
- FAA Airport Diagram(PDF), effective 5 June 2008
- Resources for this airport:
- AirNav airport information for KSQL
- ASN accident history for SQL
- FlightAware airport information and live flight tracker
- NOAA/NWS latest weather observations
- SkyVector aeronautical chart for KSQL
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