Market · U.S. Airport Market Profile

San Francisco (SFO)

U.S. flights only 12 months ending April 2026 BTS source data through April 2026
Arriving passengers
18.88M
▲ 4.74% year over year · Rank No. 11
Departing passengers
18.88M
▲ 4.96% year over year · Rank No. 11
Passengers daily each way
51,726
Average passengers per direction per day
Scheduled departures
149,663
▲ 5.19% year over year · Rank No. 14 · 410 daily
Freight and mail
334M lb.
▼ 14.25% year over year · Rank No. 33
Scheduled carriers
15
▲ 0.00% year over year

Airline Market Share

Total passengers · 37.76 million

April 2026
United47.10%
17.78 million passengers
Other14.92%
5.63 million passengers
Delta10.57%
3.99 million passengers
SkyWest10.11%
3.82 million passengers
American9.24%
3.49 million passengers
Alaska8.06%
3.04 million passengers

Busiest U.S. Destinations

Passengers in thousands, compared with the prior 12-month period

Top 10
1
LAXLos Angeles, CA
1,359.90k1,863 PDEW
▼ 0.8%
2
ORDChicago, IL
985.81k1,350 PDEW
▲ 4.9%
3
JFKNew York, NY
961.88k1,318 PDEW
▲ 5.3%
4
EWRNewark, NJ
882.72k1,209 PDEW
▲ 6.0%
5
DENDenver, CO
845.84k1,159 PDEW
▼ 2.9%
6
LASLas Vegas, NV
819.87k1,123 PDEW
▲ 2.8%
7
SEASeattle, WA
810.50k1,110 PDEW
▲ 4.3%
8
SANSan Diego, CA
810.44k1,110 PDEW
▲ 7.7%
9
BOSBoston, MA
690.79k946 PDEW
▲ 2.6%
10
DFWDallas/Fort Worth, TX
638.22k874 PDEW
▼ 0.1%
Total passengers37.76 million
Largest carrierUnited · 47.1%
Largest U.S. destinationLos Angeles (LAX)
Average departures410 per day

Passenger History

Rolling 12-month arriving and departing passengers

Growing monthly

Operations and Cargo History

Scheduled departures and freight/mail volume

BTS

Flightline Insight

SFO handled 37.76 million arriving and departing passengers during the latest 12-month reporting period, up 4.7% year over year. United was the largest scheduled carrier with 47.1% of reported passengers. The busiest reported U.S. destinations were Los Angeles (LAX), Chicago (ORD) and New York (JFK).

Data note: Passenger totals represent scheduled enplaned revenue passengers on U.S. flights. PDEW is calculated as total arriving and departing passengers divided by two directions and 365 days. Carrier shares are based on BTS-reported scheduled enplaned revenue passengers. Freight and mail include scheduled and nonscheduled activity. Destination figures are BTS-reported passenger totals in thousands; route PDEW is calculated from the latest rolling 12-month passenger total. Historical charts retain each monthly BTS endpoint as future updates are generated.