KSQL San Carlos Airport Daily 7 am to 8 pm Jet A $7.60100LL $8.05UL94 $8.15 (650) 716-6579
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San Carlos Airport from the north. Photo: Nelson Minar / CC BY-SA 2.0

KSQL · San Carlos, California

Welcome to Rabbit Aviation

The Gateway to the Bay Area

San Carlos sits halfway between San Francisco and San Jose, fifteen minutes from Stanford and Sand Hill Road, with no airline traffic to wait behind. Rabbit Aviation meets you on the ramp.

Who are you today?

Flying in

Reservations, charts, noise abatement procedures and fuel. Short notice is fine.

Plan an arrival

Getting here

The address, a map and where to park. Send it to a passenger or driver.

Directions & parking

Already booked?

Find, change or cancel a reservation with your code or tail number.

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Ramp to road

What happens on the ground

One team, one radio call, one text. Here is what a turn at Rabbit looks like.

  1. 01

    Before you land

    Send a request, or just text the line your tail number and fuel. A person confirms, with your parking spot.

  2. 02

    Chocks in

    Parked and chocked by a line tech who is usually a pilot too.

  3. 03

    The turn

    Fuel by truck, GPU or oxygen while you close out the flight and grab lunch at Sky Kitchen.

  4. 04

    Onward

    Car or ride at the terminal. Oracle in five minutes, Sand Hill Road in fifteen.

Fuel

Today's fuel prices

Retail price per gallon, full service by truck, as listed in the AOPA Airport Directory.

Fuel details
Fuel prices at Rabbit Aviation
ItemPrice
Jet A / gal$7.60
100LL / gal$8.05
UL94 / gal$8.15

Per AOPA Airport Directory, Oct 28, 2026Prices include taxes.

Services

On the ramp

All services

  • Jet A, 100LL & unleaded

    Full service by truck from pilots who fly. Top off or exact gallons, Prist on request.

  • Text-to-fuel

    Text the line with your tail number and what you need. We confirm and the truck rolls.

  • Ramp coordination

    Met on arrival, parked, chocked and looked after, from a Cub to a Citation M2.

  • GPU & oxygen

    Ground power for starts and cabin conditioning. Oxygen service for your system.

  • Cars & rides

    Rental, rideshare or your own driver, met at the terminal.

  • Lounge & Wi-Fi

    A place to plan, wait and catch up, with Sky Kitchen next door.

  • Accounts

    Based-customer accounts with paperless billing and one monthly statement.

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Airport brief

San Carlos for pilots

Runway
12/30 · 2,621 × 75 ft
Elevation
5.5 ft MSL
Airspace
Class D while the tower is open, under the SFO Class B shelf
Tower
Tower
Pattern
Left traffic Runway 12, right traffic Runway 30. Calm-wind runway is 12.
Customs
No customs at San Carlos. Clear at SFO or SJC first.
ATIS / AWOS by phone
(650) 593-0613
Clearance, tower closed
(916) 361-3829

Noise abatement

Homes lie south through northeast of the field. Runway 12 departures turn left to 100° as soon as it is safe; Runway 30 departures use the county routes. Noise abatement procedures

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Directions & parking

Minutes from the whole Peninsula.

620 Airport Way, Suite 1, San Carlos. Inside the airport terminal building, the same building as Sky Kitchen.

  • Oracle & Redwood Shores5 min
  • Menlo Park & Sand Hill Road15 min
  • Stanford & Palo Alto18 min
  • SFO terminals18 min
  • Downtown San Francisco35 min
  • Hiller Aviation Museum3 min walk
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Rabbit Aviation desk

620 Airport Way, Suite 1
San Carlos, CA 94070

Inside the airport terminal building, the same building as Sky Kitchen.

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Coming to KSQL

A new FBO at San Carlos

A new lobby and terminal for crews and passengers. See the renderings and where to find us until it opens.

See the new FBO