KSJC Mineta San Jose Intl — local VFR procedures
Not for navigation. These are locally published VFR routes, reproduced with sources; verify against the official documents linked from each procedure before flight.
SJC sits in a densely populated area with residential zones close in. The airport asks GA pilots to fly over industrial and business areas and avoid overflight of residential areas between SR-87 and First Street.
Other local procedures
Runway 12L / 30R in use now
- Preferential Jet Runways — Jets arrive 30L/12R and depart 12L/30R — an opposed pairing across the two parallels — with takeoffs from the end of runway.
All operations — 12L / 12R / 30L / 30R in use now
- General Aviation Recommendations — Pattern at 1,000 ft AGL (1,500 for twins), Vy to pattern altitude, 1,000 ft before turning on course, and stay off the residential strip between SR-87 and First Street.
- Noise-Based Curfew — City ordinance: Stage II barred 2300-0700, louder Stage III barred 2330-0630, enforced at $2,500 per occurrence.
Runway 30L / 12R not the current flow
- Preferential Jet Runways — Jets arrive 30L/12R and depart 12L/30R — an opposed pairing across the two parallels — with takeoffs from the end of runway.
These routes are advisory as published — none of them is a regulation. Assigned by ATC in Class B, C or D airspace, a route becomes an ATC instruction under 14 CFR 91.123; “unable” remains available to the pilot in command. Each procedure page shows its own authority level and links its primary sources.