San Carlos Airport

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San Carlos Airport

IATA: SQL - ICAO: KSQL - FAA: SQL
Summary
Airport type		Public
Operator		San Mateo County
Serves		San Carlos, California
Elevation AMSL		5 ft (1.5 m)
Coordinates		37°30′43″N, 122°14′58″W
Runways
Direction	Length		Surface
Direction	ft	m	Surface
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 of 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.

1 Trivia
2 See also
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[edit] Trivia

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. This appears not to be the case, as the airport was named well before the founding of the Oracle corporation.