Hillsdale Departure KSQL local VFR procedures
Not for navigation. Verify against the official sources linked below before flight.
vfr departure Airport sponsor published verified 2026-08-27 (43 d ago)
Published by the airport sponsor; voluntary unless ATC assigns it. If ATC assigns this route to you in Class B, C or D airspace, that assignment is an ATC instruction and compliance is required (14 CFR 91.123) — and “unable” remains available to the pilot in command.
Runway 30: straight out parallel to Highway 101 for 2.75 NM to abeam Hillsdale Mall, then left to a southwesterly heading, clear of the SFO Class B.
The route
- Fly straight out, parallel Highway 101 for 2.75 NM until abeam the Hillsdale Mall (37° 32.72'N 122° 17.32'W)
- Begin left turn to a southwesterly heading
- Remain clear of the SFO Class B airspace
Where it actually is
North up. The sponsor names these landmarks and publishes no coordinate for any of them — everything positioned here is derived, and each coordinate's provenance is listed with its point below. Dashed markers are depicted: this site's reading of the written route, not published fixes.
- 1 Depart RWY 30, straight out parallel Highway 101 RWY 12 threshold (northwest end) The northwest end of the single 2,621 ft runway — the departure end for RWY 30 and the threshold for RWY 12. Runway heading 303 magnetic / 318 true for 30. satellite Apple Maps coordinate: FAA airport record (NASR), surveyed runway threshold
- 2 Abeam the Hillsdale Mall, begin the left turn Hillsdale abeam point The coordinate the Hillsdale Departure prints: 37 32.72N 122 17.32W. It is 2.5 NM straight out and only 0.04 NM off the RWY 30 extended centreline — so it is YOUR position when abeam the mall, not the mall. The mall itself is 0.74 NM off your left at that point. The coordinate the brochure prints. 2.5 NM out, essentially on the extended centreline. satellite Apple Maps street view coordinate: published in the procedure text itself by the County of San Mateo (37 32.72'N 122 17.32'W)
- The mall itself, 0.74 NM off your left Hillsdale Shopping Center The actual mall: a very large enclosed shopping centre with its parking structures, on the inland side of US-101 at the 92 interchange. It lies 0.74 NM southwest of the coordinate the procedure prints for it — see that entry. Printed coordinate and actual mall are not the same place. satellite Apple Maps street view coordinate: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- 3 Turn southwest, clear of the SFO Class B Depicted 1.6 NM southwest of the abeam point; the brochure gives a direction, not a fix. satellite Apple Maps
4.1 NM over 3 route points. Bearings are magnetic, converted from true at each leg's midpoint through the WMM 2025 model this site ships (12.8°E here). Shoreline, water, highways and runways © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Class B/C/D boundaries: FAA Aeronautical Information Services.
Put it in the GPS
Route points become a route; reference points ship as waypoints only — a GPS that sequences you to a do-not-overfly marker has it backwards.
- GPX route
ForeFlight (GPX 1.1
rte), most tablet apps - user_waypoints.csv ForeFlight user waypoints — this procedure only
- Garmin FPL
Garmin Pilot, or the
\FPLfolder of a GTN/GNS card - KML Google Earth
- All KSQL landmarks every curated point at this field, in one ForeFlight file
When it applies
- Departing 30 Published under the "RUNWAY 30 DEPARTURES" heading
Source text, verbatim
RUNWAY 30 DEPARTURES — Hillsdale Departure Fly straight out, parallel Highway 101 for 2.75 NM. until abeam the Hillsdale Mall (37° 32.72'N 122° 17.32'W). Begin left turn to a southwesterly heading. Remain clear of the SFO Class B Airspace.
The text above is the published source wording and is authoritative over any summary on this page.
Sources
- County of San Mateo — San Carlos Airport Voluntary Noise Abatement Procedures brochure County of San Mateo Airports · retrieved 2026-08-27
- County of San Mateo — Preferred Flight Procedures, San Carlos Airport County of San Mateo Airports · retrieved 2026-08-27